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Iscan-Loth method

A nine-phase scoring system for the sternal end of the right fourth rib (1984-1985), providing separate male and female reference data for age estimation from approximately 17 to over 70 years; derived from white and black American autopsy samples.

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ADBOU transition analysisCranial suture closureDental cementum annulationsEctocranial scoringMeindl-Lovejoy vault systemOver-50 ceilingSkeletal histomorphometrySternal rib endWormian bones

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