A method for estimating age of Danish medieval sub-adults based on long bone length

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-333

  Primeau, Charlotte ^a   Friis, Laila ^a   Sejrsen, Birgitte ^a   Lynnerup, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archaeological; Diaphyseal length; Regression formula; Skeletal age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONES OF THE ARM AND HAND; CHILD; DENMARK; DIAPHYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARM BONES; CEMETERIES; CHILD; DENMARK; DIAPHYSES; HUMANS; LEG BONES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866441697     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-5548/2012/0168     Document Type: Article

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