Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6553074 | Forensic Science International | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Recently published studies showed that age assessment methods are population specific. Authors analyse the senescence changes in pubic symphysis and sacro-pelvic surface of a pelvic bone using data mining methods. The multi-ethnic data set consists of 956 adult individuals ranging from 19 to 100 years of age derived from 9 different populations with known age and sex. The results show that accurate and reliable age assessment is possible to three age classes (less than 30, 30-60, 60 and more). The study confirms that population specificity of the methods exists and the variable “sex” is not important in age classification.
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Authors
Zdenek Buk, Pavel Kordik, Jaroslav Bruzek, Aurore Schmitt, Miroslav Snorek,