Age estimation of the human skeleton (Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Ch. 1. Dental aging techniques: a review -- ch. 2. The estimation of age at death through the examination of root transparency -- ch. 3. Age estimation by root dentin transparency of single rooted teeth -- ch. 4. Age estimation by root dentin transparency of double rooted mandibular molars -- ch. 5. Age estimation of adult remains from the dentition -- ch. 6. The nature and sources of error in the estimation of age at death from the skeleton -- ch. 7. Applications of the human sacrum in age at death estimation -- ch. 8. Limitations of cartilage ossification as an indicator of age at death -- ch. 9. Determination of age at death using the acetabulum of the os coxa -- ch. 10. Estimation of age from fetal remains -- ch. 11. Revisiting McKern and Stewart (1957): A comparison of pubic symphysis methods at the JPAC-CIL -- ch. 12. Recent advances in the estimation of age at death from the assessment of immature bone -- ch. 13. The application of cortical bone histomorphometrics -- ch. 14. Skeletal aging using frontal bone histomorphometrics -- ch. 15. Histological age estimation in subadults -- ch. 16. Multifactorial estimation of age at death from the human skeleton -- ch. 17. A test of the forensic application of transition analysis with the pubic symphysis -- Index
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