Age at death estimation using bone densitometry: Testing the Fernández Castillo and López Ruiz method in two documented skeletal samples from Portugal

Forensic Science International

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 296.e1-296.e6

  Curate, Francisco ^a,b   Albuquerque, Anabela ^c   Cunha, Eugénia M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adult skeletons; Age estimation; Bone densitometry; Forensic anthropology population data

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; DEATH; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84875625555     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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