Correlates between Maximum Facial Height and Stature: A Study Among Adult Population of Dakshina Kannada Kurian Cherian Philemon1, Shetty Mahabalesh2, Shetty Suraj3, Shetty Varsha4, Kadam Deeptesh5, Manipady Shahnavaz6,* 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 Introduction 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. Top Keywords Identification, Maximum facial height, Skeletal remains, Stature. Top |