Sex determination from hand dimensions and index/ring finger length ratio in North Saudi population: Medico-legal view
| Autor: | Naif Ibrahim Alwakid, Athar Mohamed Khalifa, Abeer M. Hagras, Mahrous A. Ibrahim |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Index (economics) Cross-sectional study Forensic anthropology Population Index/ring finger 01 natural sciences Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Ring finger medicine lcsh:Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence 030216 legal & forensic medicine education Orthodontics education.field_of_study lcsh:R5-920 business.industry 010401 analytical chemistry Hand indices Anthropometry Sex determination 0104 chemical sciences Surgery Forensic identification Forensic science medicine.anatomical_structure lcsh:K1-7720 Human identification business lcsh:Medicine (General) Law |
| Zdroj: | Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 435-444 (2016) |
| Popis: | Background: Sex determination using human commingled remains is one of the most important components in forensic identification. Aim: Getting a reliable and accurate method for sex determination through hand dimensions among Saudi population. Subjects and methods: A cross sectional study was carried out on 600 volunteers. Hand length, breadth and hand index, also index and ring finger ratio were estimated. Results: The average hand length, breadth and index were found to be 1.3, 0.96 and 2.93 cm greater in males than females, respectively (p 41.23 for right hand and >41.30 for left hand is suggestive of male. The index and ring finger ratio is found to be higher in females than males. Index and ring finger ratio ⩽0.920 for the right hand and ⩽0.913 for the left hand suggestive of male while Index and ring finger ratio |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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