Burnt wives - A study of suicides

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-35

  Kumar, Virendra ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dowry death; Joint family; Kerosene; Sooty blackening; TBSA

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN SHOCK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MARRIAGE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INDIA; KEROSENE; LEGISLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037304339     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00235-8     Document Type: Article

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