A study on measurement and correlation of cephalic and facial indices in males of South Indian population

Cranial, facial measurements and indices are used to estimate the sex and different shapes of head, and face. It is highly important for Anatomists, forensic scientists, plastic surgeons, physical anthropologists. Six craniofacial indices namely, head length, head breadth, cephalic index, face lengt...

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Published inInternational journal of medical research and health sciences Vol. 2; no. 3; pp. 439 - 446
Main Authors R, Praveen Kumar Doni, CS, Janaki, V, Vijayaraghavan, U, Delhi Raj
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences 01.01.2013
Subjects
Anthropometric points
Correlation
Craniofacial indices
Dolicocephalic
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Summary:Cranial, facial measurements and indices are used to estimate the sex and different shapes of head, and face. It is highly important for Anatomists, forensic scientists, plastic surgeons, physical anthropologists. Six craniofacial indices namely, head length, head breadth, cephalic index, face length, face breadth, facial index were calculated.
ISSN:2319-5886
2319-5886
DOI:10.5958/j.2319-5886.2.3.076