Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 84-86 , February 2010

Sex differences from fingerprint ridge density in the Indian population

  • Vinod C. Nayak, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
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  • Prateek Rastogi, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
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  • Stany W. Lobo, MSc PhD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Netherlands Antilles
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  • K. Yoganarasimha, MD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, V.M.K.V. Medical College, Salem, India
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  • Smitha Nayak, MBA (Lecturer)

      Affiliations

    • Manipal Institute of Management, Manipal, India
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  • Nageshkumar G. Rao, MD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Kanchipuram, India
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  • G. Pradeep Kumar, MD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
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  • B. Suresh Kumar Shetty, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
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  • Ritesh G. Menezes, MD Diplomate NB (Associative Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

Received 27 September 2007 ,Revised 10 July 2009 ,Accepted 4 September 2009.

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PII: S1752-928X(09)00150-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.09.002

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 84-86 , February 2010

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