Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue: 1

Correlates between Maximum Facial Height and Stature: A Study Among Adult Population of Dakshina Kannada

  • Author:
  • Cherian Philemon Kurian1, Mahabalesh Shetty2, Suraj Shetty3, Varsha Shetty4, Deeptesh Kadam5, Shahnavaz Manipady6,*
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Published Online: Dec 24, 2024
  • Page Number: 15 to 18

1Assistant Professor, MGM Medical College, Vashi, Navi Mumbai

2Professor, Justice K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru

3Professor, Justice K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru

4Assistant Professor, Justice K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru

5Doctoral Scholar, Public health, Tata Institute of Social Sciences

6Professor & Head, FMT, Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangaluru

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Shahnavaz Manipady, Professor & Head, FMT, Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangaluru, E-mail: dr_shahnavaz@yahoo.com, Contact : +918088423110

Online Published on 24 December, 2024.

Abstract

Stature estimation is one of the important biological parameters useful for possible identification of the missing person. In this present study, 100 deceased individuals (50 males and 50 females) were brought for medico-legal autopsies. The study was conducted at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Justice K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru and the duration of study was two years.(September 2015 to September 2017). The Forensic experts encounters challenging task of identification in cases of mass disaster, explosions, putrefied or skeletonised remains, dismembered bodies. Therefore, the present study was conducted to derive a formula for estimating the stature using maximum facial height in the population of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka.

Keywords

Identification, Maximum facial height, Skeletal remains, Stature