Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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97129 | Forensic Science International | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Hand radiographs from 554 male and 288 female subjects aged 10–30 years, which had been taken due to traumatological indications, were evaluated. A classification into five ossification stages was applied to assess the epiphyseal development of distal radius and distal ulna (1: epiphysis not ossified; 2: epiphysis ossified, nonunion of the epiphysis and metaphysis; 3: partial union of the epiphysis and metaphysis; 4: complete union of the epiphysis and metaphysis, epiphyseal scar visible; 5: complete union of the epiphysis and metaphysis, epiphyseal scar nondiscernable). It was established that male subjects with an ossification stage 4 of the radius or ulna and female subjects with an ossification stage 5 of the radius were at least 14 years old. The occurrence of ossification stage 5 of the radius proves that a male individual has reached the age of 18 years.