Sexual dimorphism of facial appearance in ageing human adults: A cross-sectional study

Forensic Science International

Volumn 257, Issue , 2015, Pages 519.e1-519.e9

  Mydlová, Miriama ^a   Dupej, Ján ^a   Koudelová, Jana ^a   Velemínská, Jana ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ageing trajectories; Forensic Anthropology Population Data; Geometric morphometrics; Sexual dimorphism; Static allometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CHEEK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYEBROW; FACIES; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; LIP; MALE; MANDIBLE; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; WRINKLE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; FACE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954197673     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.09.008     Document Type: Article

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