Metric sex determination from the basal region of the occipital bone in a documented french sample;Détermination biométrique du sexe dans une population française à partir de mesures de la région basale de l'os occipital

Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 19-26

  Macaluso Jr , P J ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant function analysis; Foramen magnum; Occipital condyles; Sex dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872213256     PISSN: 00378984     EISSN: 17775469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13219-010-0023-x     Document Type: Article

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