Sex discrimination from the glenoid cavity in black South Africans: Morphometric analysis of digital photographs

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 773-778

  MacAluso Jr , P James ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glenoid cavity. Logistic regression analysis; Scapula; Sex determination; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLENOID CAVITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; GLENOID CAVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155177019     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-010-0508-7     Document Type: Article

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