Open AccessCorrelation and estimation of stature from cephalofacial measurements: A study on Western Uttar Pradesh population
Author(s) -
Munish Reddy,
Vandana Reddy,
Vijay Wadhwan,
Arvind Venkatesh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of forensic dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2137
pISSN - 0975-1475
DOI - 10.4103/jfo.jfds_30_16
Subject(s) - anthropometry , standard deviation , demography , forensic science , statistics , pearson product moment correlation coefficient , population , correlation coefficient , linear regression , mathematics , medicine , veterinary medicine , sociology
Identification of an individual from fragmented remains is still a very challenging task for forensic experts in spite of the many studies which have been carried out till date, across the globe. Stature, one of the criteria of personal identification, has a definite and proportional biological relationship with every part of the human body which includes the cephalofacial (CF) region. At instances, where only CF remains are available, it becomes difficult for the forensic scientist to identify the deceased since there is a paucity of studies pertaining to the estimation of stature from CF dimensions. Results from such a study can be used as database for forensic investigations and other anthropometric studies.