@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiological profile of suicide by hanging in Madurai",
journal="Indian journal of forensic medicine and toxicology",
year="2017",
author="Selvaraj, T. and Sadasivam, S.",
volume="11",
number="2",
pages="86-90",
abstract="Suicide is a great menace to the society and shows increasing trends throughout the world. One hundred and fifty cases of known dead bodies of both genders brought for medico-legal autopsy with history of Suicide by hanging were studied at the department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. There was a male preponderance in the study group (73.3%) whereas in females it was (26.6%). The major cause of suicide was family dispute (30.6%), followed by ailment (26%) and economic crisis (21.3%). The majority of cases were married (66.6%). Socioeconomic status was low in majority of the cases (96.6%). © 2017, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0973-9122",
doi="10.5958/0973-9130.2017.00071.8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0973-9130.2017.00071.8"
}