Study of the normal internal organ weights in Tehran's population

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 78-83

  Sheikhazadi, Ardeshir ^a   Sadr, Seyed Shahabeddin ^a   Ghadyani, Mohammad Hasan ^b   Taheri, Seyed Kazem ^a   Manouchehri, Ali Asghar ^a   Nazparvar, Bashir ^b   Mehrpour, Omid ^c   Ghorbani, Mazaher ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Legal Medicine Organization   (Iran)

^c BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Autopsy; BMI; Height; Iran; Organ weight; Tehran

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND WEIGHT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS WEIGHT; IRAN; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY WEIGHT; PANCREAS WEIGHT; PROSTATE WEIGHT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TESTIS WEIGHT; THYROID WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PANCREAS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449097435     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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