The use of tooth crown measurements in the assessment of ancestry

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1493-1501

  Pilloud, Marin A ^a   Hefner, Joseph T ^b   Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^c   Hayashi, Atsuko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Dental metrics; Discriminant function; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Observer error

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANCESTRY GROUP; DENTISTRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH CROWN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOOTH CROWN;

EID: 84911998060     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12540     Document Type: Article

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