Age Determination in Turkish People Based on the Calcification Degree of the First Costal Cartilage.
Objective: While developed countries do age estimation for the purpose of identification, in countries such as Turkey, it is used to determine the real age of a person with an already known identity because of inaccurate birth records. The aim of this article was to investigate whether the calcifica...
| Publicado en: | Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 1361 - 1368 |
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| Formato: | diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Turkiye Klinikleri
Oct2012
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