[The problems concerning estimating age at death based on morphological features of adult skeletons].
The paper contains a review of biological definitions of age and their application in forensic anthropology as a theoretical basis for age at death identification. The authors discuss the reasons and importance of discrepancies between chronological and developmental age. Also emphasized was the significance of "age at death" expression and paying attention to the limitations of age at death estimation.
Bednarek
Jarosław
J
Katedry Medycyny Sadowej AM, Bydgoszczy. bednarek@amb.bydgoszcz.pl
Sliwka
Karol
K
D000328:Adult; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D000366:Age Determination by Teeth; D001824:Body Constitution; D001846:Bone Development; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D013997:Time Factors