Abstract:
:Owing to the scanty evidence on usefulness of information of appearance of gray hair for age estimation, this study was conducted to estimate age based on the appearance of gray hair on different body sites in a sample of autopsy cases in Sri Lanka. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Teaching Hospital-Kurunegala during 2011 to 2013. Based on the pattern of the presence of gray hair in different body sites, six stages of gray hair were computed. The analysis 1155 autopsy cases revealed strong, positive correlations between age and appearance of gray hair in head, mustache, beard, and pubic area among males and strong, positive correlations between age and the appearance of gray hair in head and pubic area among females (p < 0.01). Our findings demonstrate the value of information of appearance of gray hair for age estimation in the field of forensic science.
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J Forensic Scijournal_title
Journal of forensic sciencesauthors
Senanayake HMK,Wickramasinghe NDdoi
10.1111/1556-4029.13375subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-07-01 00:00:00pages
1075-1079issue
4eissn
0022-1198issn
1556-4029journal_volume
62pub_type
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