Metric determination of sex from the humerus in a Guatemalan forensic sample

Forensic Science International

Volumn 147, Issue 2-3 SPEC.ISS., 2005, Pages 153-157

  Frutos, Luis Ríos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b GSK   (Spain)

Author keywords

Guatemala; Humerus; Osteometry; Sex estimation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MALE; METRIC SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 9644264008     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.09.077     Document Type: Article

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