TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Accidental ligature strangulation deaths in East Delhi (India)
JO  - Medicine, science, and the law
A1  - Kohli, A.
A1  - Aggarwal, N. K.
A1  - Verma, S. K.
SP  - 47
EP  - 51
VL  - 45
IS  - 1
N2  - Ligature strangulations are usually homicidal. Accidental cases are quite uncommon, especially among adults. A retrospective ten-year study conducted in East Delhi revealed that in a total of 98 cases of death due to strangulation, five cases (approximately 5%) among all medico-legal deaths were of fatal ligature strangulation, involving adults who were neither intoxicated nor indulging in paraphiliac activity. The causative agent in three cases was a cycle rickshaw, in one case it was a rotatory part of a machine, and the fifth case occurred due to entanglement while tying up a cow. The cases and their autopsy findings have been described in this paper, together with the review and preventive aspects of such cases.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-8024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -