Estimation of Stature

ISBN-13: 9783659153969 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 96 str.

Sonali Khanapurkar; Yashawant Kulkarni; Swati Belsare

Opis

Estimation of height from the measurement of various body parts is of particular interest to many anthropologists, anatomist and forensic scientist for its importance in medico-legal cases.Various workers estimated height from the measurement of foot length, head length and hand length individually or in various combinations.So far no definite attempt has been done to estimate the height of an individual from the measurement of hand length, head length and foot length altogether and also no information is available regarding the correlation in between these parameters. Therefore, the present study is designed to measure the height, foot length, hand length and head length and to study the correlation of these parameters with height and with each other. The study has its importance in personal identification in medicolegal cases and war casualties.

O autorze

Dr. Sonali Khanapurkar has born in July 1982 at Nanded,India. completed M.B.B.S degree in 2004 from one of reputed college of India - B.J.Medical college,Pune. She has done her post graduation in Anatomy in 2007 from the same college and now working as assistant professor in dept of Anatomy at B.J.M.C.Pune.