SVAD Age Data: Brazil

Description

The dental data were collected from anonymized radiographic images generated at the Universidade de São Paulo (FOUSP). Individuals are between 6 years and 15 years of age. As part of the SVAD age indicator template, there are 64 age variables (columns) in the dataset, which include diaphyseal lengths and breadths, epiphyseal fusion/appearance of ossification centers, and dental development. However, because this data is collected from two dimensional panoramic radiographs, only dental data are included; all other variables have a 'NA'. The data collection methodology can be found in Stull and Corron (2022) and Corron et al. (2021).

Basic Key Code:

*DL_L/R == diaphyseal lengths

*DB_L/R == diapyseal lengths

*EF_L/R == epiphyseal fusion

*Oss == ossification 

*man_ and max_ == mandibular and maxillary dental development

References

Stull, K.E. and Corron, L.K. (2022) The Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD): An Accessible Repository of Contemporary Subadult Reference Data. Forensic. Sci. 2022, 2, 20–36.  https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci2010003

Corron, LK, et al. (2021) Standardizing ordinal subadult age indicators: Testing for observer agreement and consistency across modalities. Forensic Science International 320, 110687.