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and their hair length was measured first, then the hair was examined

under the microscope for the medullary width, medullary index,

hair diameter, and root diameter. The medullary width and hair di-

ameter were examined from the proximal, distal, and intermediate

region. This study was conducted as there is a lack of a database to
identify people from different regions of India through hair.

FINDINGS

The data collected from analysing all the samples was compiled

into a Google sheet, and the mean value of each of the parameters

was calculated for each region, and the resulting values were com-

pared with each other.

Fig 1.1: Graph showing the mean value of hair root diameter among different regions

It can be seen that the people in the North region have the largest

root diameter and the people in the West region have the smallest

root diameter.

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