Estimation of stature from femur length in north Indian male population
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Stature is one of the important criteria for establishing identification of unknown persondead body Evaluation of stature is difficult in mutilated dead bodies which may be burnt or completely skeletonised In this study on male subjects stature was determined through the determination of percutaneous measurement of femur length This study utilized simple linear regression and multiple regression analyses to estimate stature Regression formulae and multiplication factors were developed for various combinations to reach the best estimate possibleKeywords Femur length Stature Males
Authors and Affiliations
Arif Viqar, Munish Khanna
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- EP ID EP486603
- DOI 10.18231/2394-6776.2018.0034
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