Methodology and reliability of sex determination from the skeleton

Forensic Anthropology and Medicine: Complementary Sciences From Recovery to Cause of Death

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 225-242

  Bruzek, Jaroslav ^a   Murail, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

adult; discriminant function; hip bones; pelvic measurements; probability; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891405667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-099-7_9     Document Type: Chapter

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