Citation

Sardar T, Goswami AK, Kundu SD, Chatterjee S, Mukherjee S, Das A. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2015; 9(1): 1-2.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2015.00001.8

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Gagging and chocking, both are types of violent asphyxial death. Gagging is mostly homicidal and the majority of the victims are infants. Suicidal gagging is also reported many times from different parts of the world. Accidental gagging is relatively rare event. On the other hand, chocking is almost always accidental. Here, an accidental case of combination of gagging and chocking in a cannabis abuser has been reported.

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