Personal identification is an integral part of the investigation in cases of mass disasters
where disintegrated and amputated body organs are found very frequently. Plastic and …

CONTEXT: Stature or body height is one of the most important and useful anthropometric
parameter that determine the physical identity of an individual. The study was done to …

Establishing the identity of person is one of the significant aspects of Forensic investigation.
Recently studies were conducted to estimate stature from hand and phalange lengths; …

This study looks into the possibility of estimation of stature from the length of the fingers. 50
male and 50 female subjects were taken as subjects. All were aged more than 21 years and …

Human beings are considered to be bilaterally symmetrical, though, there is an asymmetry
in the length of the thumb and fingers of both hands irrespective of sex or handedness; …

Introduction: This study was carried out to determine the relationship of the index and ring
fingers to stature for the purpose of predicting stature in a Nigerian population. Materials and …

Human beings are considered to be bilaterally symmetrical. However, there is an asymmetry
in the length of the thumb, index finger of both hands irrespective of sex or handedness; …

Determination of stature is an important parameter of personal identification along with
others like age, sex, race etc of an individual. The present study is an attempt to examine the …

Stature is one of the biological characteristics often used in Forensic Anthropology, both to
help build profiles for unidentified individuals and to support putative identifications …

Introduction: Estimation of stature is an important anthropometric tool which helps in the
identification of an individual. The dimensions of the hand have been used for the …