Journal of Forensic Medicine

Department of Forensic Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India

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  Correlation between Ages of Estimated and Observed Age of Fusion of Sternum Bone
  Author(s): Duchania Sunil Kumar* and Mukta Rani
  
  Objectives: This article documents the correlation between age of estimated and observed age of fusion of sternum bone, particularly when evaluating skeletonised human remains. Methods: Soft tissues removed from the macerated sterna by blunt dissection and the findings in xiphisternal ending recorded. Results: On statistical analysis for correlation between actual and estimated age correlation coefficient is 0.908 and p-value is 0.0001 that is statistically significant. Conclusion: The correlation results indicate that there is statistically insignificant difference between the actual age of the subject and estimated age from fusion of sternal joints. None of studies assesses on determination of age from sternum has compared actual age of the individuals with estimated age devis.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/ 2472-1026.2022.7.168

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