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Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 23-27 , January 2010

Estimation of stature from facial measurements in northwest Indians

  • Daisy Sahni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 160012, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Research Block-B, Chandigarh 160012, India. Tel.: +91 172 2755201 (O); fax: +91 172 2744401/2745078.
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  • Sanjeev

      Affiliations

    • Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Sector-36, Chandigarh 160036, India
    • ,
  • Parul Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 160012, India
    • ,
  • Harjeet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 160012, India
    • ,
  • Gagandeep Kaur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 160012, India
    • ,
  • Anjali Aggarwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 160012, India

Received 13 July 2009 ,Revised 8 October 2009 ,Accepted 9 October 2009.

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