Spectrum of unnatural fatalities in the Chandigarh zone of North-West India - A 25 year autopsy study from a tertiary care hospital

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-152

  Singh, Dalbir ^a   Dewan, Indarjit ^a   Pandey, Avadh Naresh ^a   Tyagi, Seema ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Changing pattern; Unnatural fatalities

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ANTIDOTE; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BARIUM SULFATE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; COPPER SULFATE; CURARE; DIAZEPAM; DICHROMATE SODIUM; IRON; ISONIAZID; KEROSENE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; NAPHTHALENE; NITROBENZENE; OIL; OPIATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; PROMETHAZINE; SILICON; ZINC PHOSPHATE;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTOXICATION; MACHINE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM; WHEAT;

EID: 0141519634     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-1131(03)00073-7     Document Type: Article

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