A comparison of three established age estimation methods on an adult Spanish sample

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-155

  Rissech, Carme ^a   Wilson, Jeremy ^b   Winburn, Allysha Powanda ^c   Turbón, Daniel ^a   Steadman, Dawnie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult age; Aging; Auricular surface; Forensic science; Pubic symphysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; ILIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861130304     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-011-0586-1     Document Type: Article

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