A revised method of sexing the human innominate using Phenice's nonmetric traits and statistical methods

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-114

  Klales, Alexandra R ^a   Ousley, Stephen D ^b   Vollner, Jennifer M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

nonmetrics; pelvis; phenice traits; sex estimation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MANDIBLE; SEX DETERMINATION; SKULL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PELVIC BONES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON;

EID: 84865275387     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22102     Document Type: Article

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