title: [The thermal analytical characteristics of the shaft of human hair in order to determine sex and age].
abstract: Differential thermal and thermogravimetric analyses (DTA and TGA, respectively) of hairs at temperature range of 20 to 250 degrees C were carried out to determine the age and sex. Results of DTA and TGA unambiguously indicate that rhombic modification of sulphur (alpha-S) predominates in female hairs, whereas the monoclinal one (beta-S) prevails in male hairs whatever the age of examinees, that is, the sex can be identified with the use of these characteristics.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Iusifli
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Eĭiubova
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Buniatov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013818:Thermogravimetry / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Termoanaliticheskaia kharakteristika sterzhnia volos cheloveka s tsel'iu opredeleniia pola i vozrasta.