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Study of Stature Estimation from Sternum Length in Adult Western Indian Population

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Pate RS and Rojekar MV

Estimation of stature is an important objective in the identification of an individual from dismembered and skeletal remains in forensic osteology. Stature estimation, however, is a constantly changing target for forensic anthropologists because of the secular trends in stature, allometric changes in long bones, and the migration of world population. It’s a challenging task for forensic anthropologist or forensic medicine personnel to establish the identity of the dead, especially in mass disasters. The present research was hence, undertaken to study the correlation between stature and the length of the sternum.

The present study was conducted in a tertiary care referral hospital and medical college in western India. The institutional clinical ethical committee has cleared... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9841.1000155

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