Age effect in the morphological traits performance for sex determination in human skulls and mandibles;Efecto de la edad en el rendimiento de los rasgos morfológicos para la determinación del sexo en cráneos y mandíbulas humanas

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 296-301

  Galdames, Iván Suazo ^a   Zavando, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Age; Aging; Sex determination; Sexual dimorphism; Skull

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862494676     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/s0717-95022012000100053     Document Type: Article

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