Citation

Gautami S, Sudershan RV, Bhat RV, Suhasini G, Bharati M, Gandhi KP. Forensic Sci. Int. 2001; 122(2-3): 167-171.

Affiliation

Andhra Pradesh State Forensic Science Laboratory, Red Hills, Hyderabad 500004, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

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PMID

11672973

Abstract

Medical records of (i) toxico-medico-legal death cases from three districts of Telengana region in the state of Andhra Pradesh, viz. Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Medak, and (ii) clinical toxicology cases in suspected poisoning from hospitals in and around Hyderabad city were examined for a period of 5 calendar years. The age group at risk in both the types of cases is 15-24. The cause of suicides includes physical illness, family/spouse problems and financial problems. Labourers form a dominant risk group in rural and semi-urban industrial area, whereas in urban area the employees were the dominant risk group. The agricultural pesticides and household insecticides were the predominant poisons used for suicide purposes.

Language: en