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Abstract
Estimation of age plays an extending role in both civil and criminal aspects. The use of x-ray in the evaluation of epiphyseal union is still a practical method for forensic age identification. It remains challenging to determine the age of individuals in their last teens and early middle twenties. Many factors are involved in the determination of bone age, for example, hormonal, growth, genetic, racial and environmental factors affect the rate of epiphyseal plate maturation. The aim of the present work is to study the correlation between chronological age and closure of bone epiphyses at the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, knee and ankle regions in a sample of Egyptians in the Dakhalia, on the beginning of the 21st century. All the examined epiphyses showed a range of union of epiphyses between 4 to 6 years, with the great majority of epiphyseal unions occurring within 2 - 3 years inside the range. Union of epiphyses in females was generally 1 - 2 years earlier than in males.