Estimation of stature from upper arm length among the hindu and sikh population of Lucknow region
International Journal of Development Research
Estimation of stature from upper arm length among the hindu and sikh population of Lucknow region
Received 29th April, 2017; Received in revised form 24th May, 2017; Accepted 06th June, 2017; Published online 22nd July, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Pragya Chauhan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Forensic anthropological investigation utilizes the application of anthropological research and techniques in resolving the medico-legal issues; it focuses on human identification from unknown, highly decomposed, fragmentary and mutilated human remains found from the crime scene. Stature or body height is one of the most important and useful anthropometric parameter that helps in determination of the physical identity of an individual. The present study is based on 400 subjects (200 male and 200 female) aged between 20-40 years belonging to Sikh (n=200) and Hindu (n=200) communities in the Lucknow region of Uttar Pradesh, India. An attempt has been to estimate the stature from upper arm length among different populations and community of a area for the anthropological findings and identification in Lucknow region.
