Sex estimation of the Cretan humerus: A digital radiometric study

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 659-667

  Kranioti, Elena F ^a,b   Nathena, Despoina ^b   Michalodimitrakis, Manolis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Digital radiographs; Discriminant function analysis; Forensic anthropology; Greece; Humerus; Posterior probabilities; Sex estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DETERMINATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON;

EID: 80052340698     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-010-0470-4     Document Type: Article

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