Humeral development from neonatal period to skeletal maturity-application in age and sex assessment

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 201-212

  Rissech, Carme ^a   López Costas, Olalla ^b,c   Turbón, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Immature; Infants; Sex determination; Skeletal development; Sub adult age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DETERMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872403777     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0713-7     Document Type: Article

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