Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 223-226 , May 2008

Foot index: Is it a tool for sex determination?

  • Rohan Moudgil, MSc (Post Graduate Student)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, India
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  • Ramneet Kaur, MSc (Post Graduate Student)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, India
    • ,
  • Ritesh G. Menezes, MD, DNB (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore 575 001, India
    • ,
  • Tanuj Kanchan, MD, DFM (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore 575 001, India
    • ,
  • Rakesh K. Garg, PhD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 28 February 2007 ,Revised 21 July 2007 ,Accepted 11 October 2007.

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☆ The abstract of this paper is published in the Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of the Baltic Medico-legal Association.

PII: S1752-928X(07)00158-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.10.003

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 223-226 , May 2008

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