Indian Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 3

Roentgenologic prospective study of union of epiphyseal centre of medial end of clavicle in boys and girls of age group 18–23 years in Rajasthan

  • Author:
  • Yogesh Sharma1,, Akhilesh Sharma2, Bhavesh Bohra3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Sep 1, 2014
  • Page Number: 53 to 55

1Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, SP Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

2Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, RNT Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

3Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, SP Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

*Corresponding author email id: sharmayogesh958@yahoo.com

Abstract

Age in laymen's view is the time passed after birth and ageing is a continuous process in human as well as in all other living beings. The problems of age estimation in living/dead person are mostly encountered by police and it is a subject matter of great medico-legal and academic interest. Some work for accurate estimation of age has been done in this country, which exhibit differences in different parts of this country. This study includes radiological examination of clavicle of 100 individuals for the study of fusion of ossification centre of medial end of clavicle in the age group of 18–23 years of both sexes in RNT Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Keywords

Age estimation, Medial end of clavicle, Epiphyseal union, Roentgenologic, Male, Female, Non union