Sex determination from hand dimensions of north and south Indians

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 546-550

  Kanchan, Tanuj ^a   Rastogi, Prateek ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Hand dimensions; Hand index; Identification; Palm index; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HAND; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON;

EID: 65349086198     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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