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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
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