Does Mirror Imaging a Radiograph Affect Reliability of Age Assessment Using the Greulich and Pyle Atlas

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1276-1280

  Hackman, Lucina ^a   Black, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age assessment living; Age estimation; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Greulich and Pyle; Radiographs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAND BONE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HAND BONES; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865860711     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02150.x     Document Type: Article

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