Age assessment from radiological cranial suture closure in fourth to seventh decades (A Jaipur based study).
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2010-04
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Reasonably a correct estimation of age in important in Legal, Medical, Social and Administrative matters i.e. regularization of temporary employee, retirement from service or superannuation, re-employment in services, settlement of pension cases, distribution of old age pension, potency certification, for relaxation in imprisonment on the grounds of old age and good behavior of a prisoner, to provide senior citizen benefits etc.
In the dead person the age estimation at the time of autopsy is done to help the Investigating Officer. In India and other countries the task of scientific confirmation of disputed age issue of civil and criminal nature is the domain of Forensic Expert. This study is done to determine the age of individual in the fourth decade to seventh decades by correlating radiological finding of various views of skull along with the other physical findings. Maximum Number of cases was in the age group of 51-55 yrs (17%). Female to male ratio was 1:2.2, 66% cases were urban and 34% were rural, 72% Hindu and 73% were from Middle class.
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Cranial Coronal and Squamosal Suture, Age Estimation, Fourth to Seventh decades
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Verma Rajesh Kumar, Goyal Mukesh K, Kochar Shiv. Age assessment from radiological cranial suture closure in fourth to seventh decades (A Jaipur based study). Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine. 2010 Apr; 32(2): 120-123.