Citation

Gargi J, Chanana A. Rom. J. Leg. Med. 1997; 5(1): 78-83.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Romanian Legal Medicine Society)

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Abstract

A ten year study of suicides due to poisoning had been carried out by this department. out of 714 cases of suicidal deaths, 357 (50%) accounted for suicide by poisoning. The majority of suicidal deaths, i.e. 226 (63.3%) were due to aluminum phosphide. 142 (63.83%) males and 86 females (37,17%) committed suicide by consuming aluminum phosphide. 117 (51.77%) belonged to the upper caste. 141 (62.38%) were Sikhs and (56,19%) were rural inhabitants. Along with the epidemiological aspects, changing trends of different poisons had been studied.

Language: en

Keywords

aluminium phosphide; poisoning; suicide