Age estimation from stages of epiphyseal union in the presacral vertebrae

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-247

  Cardoso, Hugo F V ^a,b   Ríos, Luis ^c  

^a Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lisbon collection; posterior probabilities of age; skeletal age; vertebral maturation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PORTUGAL; SACRUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPINE;

EID: 78651508848     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21394     Document Type: Article

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