Estudio del Índice cefálico en estudiantes Indios

Vaishali Kiran Yagain; Shakunthala R. Pai; Sneha G. Kalthur; P. Chethan; I. Hemalatha

doi:10.4067/S0717-95022012000100022

Estudio del Índice cefálico en estudiantes Indios

Translated title of the contribution: Study of cephalic index in Indian students

Vaishali Kiran Yagain, Shakunthala R. Pai, Sneha G. Kalthur, P. Chethan, I. Hemalatha

Department of Anatomy, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

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Cephalic index is important parameter for deciding race and sex of an individual whose identity is unknown. Cephalic index and head shape are greatly affected by geographical, sex, age and racial factors. Present study aimed at working out cephalic index in Indian students. 100 students were taken as subjects and head length, head breadth were measured. Indian males had mean cephalic index of 77.92 and they were mesocephalic and females had mean cephalic index of 80.85 and they were brachycephalic. The comparison was statistically significant. The data is utmost important in forensic medicine, anthropology and in genetics.

Translated title of the contribution	Study of cephalic index in Indian students
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	125-129
Number of pages	5
Journal	International Journal of Morphology
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022012000100022
Publication status	Published - 03-2012

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