A four-stage method of age at death estimation for use in the subadult rib cortex

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1019-1024

  Streeter, Margaret ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age estimation; forensic anthropology; forensic science; histomorphology; rib cortex; subadult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIB; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BONE REMODELING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; RIBS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954318078     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01396.x     Document Type: Article

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