Brief communication: A proposed osteological method for the estimation of pubertal stage in human skeletal remains

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 302-310

  Shapland, Fiona ^a   Lewis, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; canine; epiphyseal fusion; hamate; menarche

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; HAMATE BONE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC CREST; MALE; MANDIBLE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLOGY; PHALANX; PUBERTY; RADIUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE AND BONES; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CHILD; CUSPID; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878109845     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22268     Document Type: Article

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