Skeletal asymmetry

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-179

  Kanchan, Tanuj ^a   Mohan Kumar, T S ^b   Pradeep Kumar, G ^b   Yoganarasimha, K ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cross symmetry pattern; Directional asymmetry; Mass disasters; Skeletal asymmetry; Skeletal remains

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISASTER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LONG BONE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON MALFORMATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM BONES; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; LEG BONES;

EID: 39749130404     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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