title: A study on estimation of age from pubic symphysis.
abstract: The present study has been carried on 82 pairs of pubic symphysis collected from fresh male cadavers. Various features were noted on the symphyseal surface--ridges and furrows, dorsal margin, ventral bevelling, lower extremity, ossific nodule, upper extremity, ventral rampart, dorsal plateau and symphyseal rim. Varying combination of these features were used as criteria for age estimation of the subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011631:Pubic Symphysis / Q000033:anatomy & histology*