Sex estimation in forensic anthropology: Skull versus postcranial elements

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-296

  Spradley, M Katherine ^a   Jantz, Richard L ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Human osteology; Osteometrics; Sex estimation; Skeletal measurements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE; CAUCASIAN; CEPHALOMETRY; DATA BASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SKULL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE AND BONES; CEPHALOMETRY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; SKULL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951988411     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01635.x     Document Type: Article

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