Technical note: A re-evaluation of stature estimation from skeletal length in the grave

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-330

  Petersen, Hans Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anatomically reconstructed stature; bias; Fully; Raxter et al.

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; DENMARK; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGES; TALUS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; CEMETERIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78651473787     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21427     Document Type: Article

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