Burnt wives: A study of homicides

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-60

  Kumar, Virendra ^a   Tripathi, C B ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; SHOCK; SOCIAL ASPECT; AUTOPSY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; BURNS; CRIME VICTIMS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; SUICIDE;

EID: 1542506233     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.44.1.55     Document Type: Article

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