NCJ Number
130222
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 36 Issue: 3 Dated: (May 1991) Pages: 898-901
Date Published
1991
Length
4 pages
Annotation
Stature estimates based on long bone measurements require a correction factor to compensate for stature decrease in older people.
Abstract
Such a correction should exclude the effect of any secular trend in stature and reflect the age at which stature begins to decrease, sex differences, and the increasing rate of change with age. Stature corrections which meet these requirements for ages 46 through 85, based upon two recent large-scale longitudinal anthropometric studies, are provided in tabular form. 2 tables and 10 references (Author abstract)