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Title: | Estimating age at death in sdults from degenerative changes in the sternal end of the clavicle: preliminary results using a bayesian approach | Authors: | Faria, F. Andrade, M. Cardoso, H. F. V. |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Publisher: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra International Academy of Legal Medicine |
Journal: | http://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/2632 | Abstract: | Age estimation of adult skeletal remains is still a very uncertain procedure. This study represents an attempt to decrease the estimation error associated with adult age estimation in a forensic context, by using alternative bone indicators and statistical approaches. A sample of 91 known-age adult skeletons (47 females and 44 males) from the Spitalfields skeletal collection housed at the Natural History Museum in London was used. Five age-related variables were assessed on the sternal end of the clavicle: microporosity (<1mm); macroporosity (>1mm), sclerosis; new bone formation and marginal lipping. Ages where categorized in ten-year intervals and multinomial regression was used to estimate the probability of an individual being in a certain age interval conditional on the observed data (skeletal indicators). Results presented here are considered preliminary and illustrative of alternative skeletal indicators for age estimation in adults using a Bayesian approach | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/31716 | ISBN: | 978-989-26-0173-1 (PDF) | DOI: | 10.14195/978-989-26-0173-1_6 | Rights: | open access |
Appears in Collections: | Acta medicinae legalis et socialis |
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