Using multivariate adaptive regression splines to estimate subadult age from diaphyseal dimensions

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 376-386

  Stull, Kyra E ^a   L'Abbé, Ericka N ^a   Ousley, Stephen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

age estimation; diaphyseal breadths; diaphyseal lengths; juvenile; radiographs

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONE LENGTH; BREADTH MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAPHYSEAL LENGTH; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INFANT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MULTIVARIATE ADAPTIVE REGRESSION SPLINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; RADIUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBADULT; TECHNICAL ERROR OF MEASUREMENT; ULNA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84902491685     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22522     Document Type: Article

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