Human fatalities from wild elephant attacks - A study of fourteen cases

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 154-157

  Das, Sobhan Kr ^a   Chattopadhyay, Saurabh ^a  

^a BANKURA SAMMILANI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Human wild elephant conflict; Trampling; Tusker bull

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFLICT; FATALITY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIA; INJURY; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VICTIM; WILD ANIMAL; WILD ELEPHANT ATTACK;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79955831453     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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