Estimation of stature from hand dimensions of north and south Indians

Legal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 185-189

  Rastogi, Prateek ^a   Nagesh, K R ^a   Yoganarasimha, K ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b VINAYAKA MISSION S RESEARCH FOUNDATION DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hand breadth; Hand length; Identification; Multiplication factor; Regression equation; Stature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INDIAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 43049168942     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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