title: Changes in anthropometrical data of the Hungarian child and adult population during the last thirty years based on family studies conducted by the Department of Forensic Medicine at Budapest.
abstract: Studies of the Hungarian child and adult population have revealed striking changes over the past thirty years with respect to body height and body mass, an observation, which has also been confirmed by other investigations (Gyenis & Joubert 2003, Maródi et. al. 2002). Based on these deviations the authors were interested in the variability of some anthropometrical head measures, which are of particular importance for forensic anthropological questions concerning face reconstruction (Editorial 2001, Jayprakash et. al. 2001, Szilvdssy & Kritscher 1997, Szilvdssy et al. 1997). The majority of such reconstruction methods, however, do not take into consideration the process of secular trend. It is the aim of this study to improve the anthropological basis for exact reconstruction methods by elaboration of temporal changes of face, head and body measures of the Hungarian population collected during the past thirty years. For this data from 2353 adults and 861 children investigated in 1974, and 869 adults 287 children investigated between 1994 and 2004 are available.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis University, Department of Forensic Medicine, Budapest, Hungary. magyar_l@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Lóránt
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Magyar
authors.forename: Orsolya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bellovits
authors.forename: Györgyi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bujdosó
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D049628:Body Size; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013223:Statistics as Topic