Methods for estimating missing human skeletal element osteometric dimensions employed in the revised fully technique for estimating stature

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-80

  Auerbach, Benjamin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomical stature estimation; missing data; Native American; vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; OSTEOMETRY; SKELETON; SKULL; SPINE; TIBIA;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79954491597     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21469     Document Type: Article

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