Suicidal poisoning in Southern India: Gender differences

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-14

  Kanchan, Tanuj ^a   Menezes, Ritesh G ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Depression; Mortality; Organophosphates; Poisoning; Seasonality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CHLORPROMAZINE DERIVATIVE; COPPER SULFATE; GLYPHOSATE; KEROSENE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBAMATES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHINES; POISONING; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RODENTICIDES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 37249001870     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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