A study on mass hysteria (monkey men?) victims in east Delhi

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 355-360

  Verma, S K ^a   Srivastava, D K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Forensic Medicine; Mass Hysteria; Sociodemography

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONKEY; NIGHT; POWER SUPPLY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUMMER; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CHILD; CONTUSION; CROWDING; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; INDIA; INFANT; LACERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TIME; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LACERATIONS; MALE; MASS BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0142026228     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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