Assessment of age and sex by means of DXA bone densitometry: Application in forensic anthropology

Forensic Science International

Volumn 209, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Castillo, Rafael Fernández ^a   López Ruiz, Maria del Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bone densitometry; Bone mineral content; Forensic anthropology; Forensic sciences; Mineral density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTER; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR TROCHANTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL FEMUR; SEX DETERMINATION; WARD TRIANGLE;

EID: 79957596184     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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