Age Determination by Skeleton
"Age Determination by Skeleton" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Establishment of the age of an individual by examination of their skeletal structure.
| Descriptor ID |
D000365
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.049 E01.370.350.700.050
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| Concept/Terms |
Skeletal Maturation Index- Skeletal Maturation Index
- Index, Skeletal Maturation
- Indices, Skeletal Maturation
- Maturation Index, Skeletal
- Maturation Indices, Skeletal
- Skeletal Maturation Indices
Bone Age Measurement- Bone Age Measurement
- Age Measurement, Bone
- Age Measurements, Bone
- Bone Age Measurements
- Measurement, Bone Age
- Measurements, Bone Age
Skeletal Age Measurement- Skeletal Age Measurement
- Age Measurement, Skeletal
- Age Measurements, Skeletal
- Measurement, Skeletal Age
- Measurements, Skeletal Age
- Skeletal Age Measurements
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Age Determination by Skeleton" by people in Profiles.
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The impact of HIV infection on skeletal maturity in peripubertal children in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatr. 2024 Jul 27; 24(1):480.
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Determinants of relative skeletal maturity in South African children. Bone. 2012 Jan; 50(1):259-64.
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Differences in bone size and bone mass between black and white 10-year-old South African children. Osteoporos Int. 2006; 17(3):433-40.
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The relationship of rapid weight gain in infancy to obesity and skeletal maturity in childhood. Obes Res. 2003 Mar; 11(3):457-60.