Stature estimation from foot dimensions

Forensic Science International

Volumn 179, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 241.e1-241.e5

  Kanchan, Tanuj ^a   Menezes, Ritesh G ^a   Moudgil, Rohan ^b   Kaur, Ramneet ^b   Kotian, M S ^a   Garg, Rakesh K ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Foot dimensions; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Gujjars; Identification; North India; Stature

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOOT; HISTOLOGY; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 47749094963     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.04.029     Document Type: Article

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