Citation

Yadav A, Kohli A, Aggarwal NK. Med. Legal Update 2008; 8(2): 31-34.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, R.K. Sharma and Institute of Medico-Legal Publications)

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Abstract

Head injuries are the most serious injuries in the term of morbidity and mortality. We wish to give our contribution to the already ongoing research studies on head trauma and its components. Hence this study of studying the pattern of skull fractures in fatal head injury cases in Northeast district of Delhi, their age and sex distribution, site distribution of different type of fractures and also the manner of death.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; human; homicide; suicide; child; female; infant; male; aged; Manner of death; head injury; mortality; traffic accident; morbidity; article; major clinical study; controlled study; victim; sex ratio; age distribution; skull fracture; comminuted fracture; accidental injury; anatomical variation; Basal fractures; Depressed fractures; Linear fractures; Skull fractures