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Abstract
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Introduction
Fire can be considered as double edged sword. Aburn is an injury to the skin or other organic tissue primarily caused by heat or due to radiation, radioactivity, electricity, friction or contact with chemicals. Globally, burns are a serious public health problem. Burns are the most common type of trauma worldwide, following traffic accidents, fall and interpersonal violence. Burn have medico-legal importance as they may be considered to be the commonest cause of unnatural death in India.
Materials and Method
This present study is a prospective study undertaken at the mortuary of forensic medicine, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan. The study includes all the burn injury cases coming to the mortuary for autopsy during period from 1 March 2018 to 30 September 2018. The main objectives is to find the cause of death in burn cases according to different age groups and sex.
Results
Out of 86 cases, 61 were in 11-40 years of age, 57 died of shock
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