Progress on Individual Stature Estimation in Forensic Medicine
10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2015.06.014
- VernacularTitle:身高推断的法医学研究进展
- Author:
Rongqi WU
;
Lina HUANG
;
Xin CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
forensic anthropology;
stature;
review [publication type];
individual identification
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2015;(6):470-473
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Individual stature estim ation is one of the m ost im portant contents of forensic anthropology. C urrently, it has been used that the regression equations established by the data collected by direct m ea-surem ent or radiological techniques in a certain group of lim bs, irregular bones, and anatom ic landm arks. D ue to the im pact of population m obility, hum an physical im provem ent, racial and geographic differ-ences, estim ation of individual stature should be a regular study. T his paper review s the different m ethods of stature estim ation, briefly describes the advantages and disadvantages of each m ethod, and prospects a new research direction.
