Estimation of stature from cranial sutures in a South Indian male population

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-276

  Jagadish Rao, P P ^a   Sowmya, Jagadish ^b   Yoganarasimha, K ^c   Menezes, Ritesh G ^a   Kanchan, Tanuj ^a   Aswinidutt, R ^d  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

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

^d YENEPOYA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Coronal suture length; Identification; Linear regression equation; Sagittal suture length; Skull; Stature

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SUTURE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; CRANIAL SUTURES; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67349195726     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0316-5     Document Type: Article

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