Metric and morphological assessment of facial features: A study on three European populations

Forensic Science International

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 239.e1-239.e8

  Ritz Timme, S ^a   Gabriel, P ^a   Tutkuviene, J ^c   Poppa, P ^b   Obertova Z ^a   Gibelli, D ^b   De Angelis, D ^b   Ratnayake, M ^a   Rizgeliene, R ^c   Barkus, A ^c   Cattaneo, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Facial morphology; Forensic anthropology population data; Metric assessment; Morphological atlas; Personal identification; Population data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERCANTHAL MOUTH INDEX; ITALY; LABIAL WIDTH; LITHUANIA; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79953044980     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.01.035     Document Type: Article

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