Estimation of sex from cranial measurements in a Western Australian population

Forensic Science International

Volumn 229, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 158.e1-158.e8

  Franklin, Daniel ^a   Cardini, Andrea ^a,b,c   Flavel, Ambika ^a   Kuliukas, Algis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cranial measurements; Forensic anthropology; Population standards; Sex discrimination; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSTEOMETRY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84886094372     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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