Suicidal hanging in Manipal, South India - Victim profile and gender differences

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 493-496

  Kanchan, Tanuj ^a   Menezes, Ritesh G ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hanging; Mortality; South India; Suicide; Victimology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HANGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 52749083934     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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