Study of Cephalic Index in Indian Students

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 a...

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Autores principales:	Yagain,Vaishali Kiran, Pai,Shakunthala R, Kalthur,Sneha G, Chethan,P, Hemalatha,I
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2012
Materias:	Cephalic index Head length Head breadth Anthropometry
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220120001000222012-06-08Study of Cephalic Index in Indian StudentsYagain,Vaishali KiranPai,Shakunthala RKalthur,Sneha GChethan,PHemalatha,I Cephalic index Head length Head breadth Anthropometry 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.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.30 n.1 20122012-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022012000100022en10.4067/S0717-95022012000100022
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description	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.
author	Yagain,Vaishali Kiran Pai,Shakunthala R Kalthur,Sneha G Chethan,P Hemalatha,I
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title	Study of Cephalic Index in Indian Students
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publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
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Study of Cephalic Index in Indian Students

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