Determination of stature from cephalo-facial dimensions in a North Indian population

Legal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 128-133

  Krishan, Kewal ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cephalofacial anthropometry; Forensic anthropology; Forensic medicine; Personal identification; Stature determination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACE ASYMMETRY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACE; FACIAL BONES; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33947315285     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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