Transition analysis: A validation study with known-age modern American skeletons

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-110

  Milner, George R ^a   Boldsen, Jesper L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cranial sutures; pubic symphysis; sacroiliac joint; skeletal age estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SKELETON; TRANSITION ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKELETON; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859898845     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22047     Document Type: Article

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