Application of the anatomical method to estimate the maximum adult stature and the age-at-death stature

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-106

  Niskanen, Markku ^a   Maijanen, Heli ^b   McCarthy, Donna ^b   Junno, Juho Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

age adjustment; skeletal height; stature estimation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DETERMINATION; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; DEATH; MEASUREMENT ERROR; SKELETON; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 84883152672     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22332     Document Type: Article

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