Stature estimation from the length of the sternum in South Indian males: A preliminary study

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 441-443

  Menezes, Ritesh G ^a   Kanchan, Tanuj ^a   Kumar, G Pradeep ^b   Rao, P P Jagadish ^a   Lobo, Stany W ^c   Uysal, Selma ^d   Krishan, Kewal ^e   Kalthur, Sneha G ^b   Nagesh, K R ^f   Shettigar, Sunder ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c SABA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Netherlands)

^d ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropometry; Forensic science; Identification; Physical anthropology; Skeletal remains; South India; Stature; Sternum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CADAVER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; STERNUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STERNUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349255674     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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