Discriminant functions for sex estimation of modern Japanese skulls

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 234-238

  Ogawa, Yoshinori ^a   Imaizumi, Kazuhiko ^a   Miyasaka, Sachio ^a   Yoshino, Mineo ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discriminant function analysis; Forensic anthropology; Personal identification; Sex estimation; Skeletal biology; Skull

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MODERN TIMES; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SKULL; SKULL BASE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; SKULL;

EID: 84876772825     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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