Victimiologic study of female homicide

Legal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Mohanty, Manoj Kumar ^a   Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar ^b   Mohanty, Sachidananda ^c   Das, Srimanta Kumar ^d  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b HINDU RAO HOSPITAL   (India)

^c MKCG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d Alluri Sitaramaraju Academy of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Blunt weapons; Dowry deaths; Female victims; Homicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPHYXIA; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES;

EID: 3042606460     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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