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2017 Month : September Volume : 6 Issue : 73 Page : 5221-5224

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FOOT INDEX AND STATURE IN KERALA POPULATION- A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY.

Sheik Shakeer Hussain S1, Balachandran Ajay2

1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur.
2Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Amrita University, India.

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