Brief communication: Radiographic study of metatarsal one basal epiphyseal fusion: A note of caution on age determination

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 489-492

  Weiss, Elizabeth ^a   Desilva, Jeremy ^b   Zipfel, Bernhard ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

aging; metatarsal 1 fusion; OH 8

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EPIPHYSIS; EPIPHYSIS PLATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCAR; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIPHYSES; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; METATARSAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84857233886     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22022     Document Type: Article

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