Sex estimation in a modern American osteological sample using a discriminant function analysis from the calcaneus

Forensic Science International

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 152.e1-152.e5

  DiMichele, Daniel L ^a,b   Spradley, M Katherine ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Forensic anthropology; Forensic anthropology population data; Sex estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EXAMINATION; CALCANEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

EID: 84864371459     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.03.026     Document Type: Article

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