الفهرس 
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Abstract
Summary and Conclusion
Identification of person is one of the significant aspects of forensic
investigation. Sex, age, race and stature are considered as important
parameters for identification. Estimation of stature of an individual from the
skeletal material or from the mutilated or amputated limbs or parts of limbs
plays an important role in facilitating personal identification in incident of
murder, accidents or natural disasters. Sex determination is vital in further
investigation of age and stature of the remains owing to the differences in age
of epiphyseal fusion. Thus, accurate sex determination provides some
valuable evidences to a forensic scientist with regard to identification of
remains.
In this study, the hand was chosen as a tool for identification as it can
provide valuable information about the stature, age, and sex of the person
when recovered and brought for examination.
There is paucity of studies considering sex and stature assessment of
Egyptians and Malaysians using hand dimensions. The aim of the present
study was to evaluate hand measurements as a potential tool for
determination of sex and estimation of stature in a sample of Egyptian and
Malaysian people and to conduct a comparative study between them.
The present study was conducted on 300 volunteers (200 Egyptians and
100 Malaysian) from both sexes whose age was above 21 years old and less
than 30 years old. These measurements were taken and recorded:
(Measurement of both right and left hand lengths, hand breadth of both
hands, finger lengths of both right and left hands and measurement of the