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Performance Evaluation as a Diagnostic Test for Traditional Methods for Forensic Identification of Sex
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Suazo Galdames,Iván Claudio; Zavando Matamala,Daniela Alejandra; Smith,Ricardo Luiz.
This study assesses the quality, as a diagnostic test, of the main indicators of morphological sexual dimorphism through direct anthropometry, biostatistics tools and clinical epidemiology. This study used 284 skulls of adult Brazilians, of which 187 were male and 97 female. A study of the cross-evaluation of the diagnostic test was performed; it was a qualitative approach based on visual examination of 16 traditional indicators of morphological sexual dimorphism, where each indicator determined the level of accuracy, sensitivity, predictive values, likelihood ratios, and odds ratio. All indicators studied had high levels of accuracy (84.75­72.89%). The best indicators were found in traits whose formation is related to the insertion and action of major...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Forensic anthropology; Sex identification; Sexual dimorphism; Diagnosis test.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022009000200012