@article{ref1,
title="Profile of poisoning cases in district and medical college hospitals of north Karnataka",
journal="Indian journal of forensic medicine and toxicology",
year="2008",
author="Shetty, V.B. and Pawar, G.S. and Inamadar, P.I.",
volume="2",
number="2",
pages="26-28",
abstract="Morbidity and mortality due to poisoning is a world wide problem. The pattern poisoning varies from Country to country, place to place and changes over a period of time due to various reasons. The present study is a prospective study conducted in District and Al - Ameen Medical college hospitals of Bijapur (North Karnataka) during 2004-2005. Total 229 poisoning cases were studied from OPD to IPD, followed from admission to recovery or death in a systematic manner. All these cases were analyzed with an objective of knowing age & sex distribution of victims, commonest type of poison, the manner of poisoning, occupation, and also the rural & urban trends. Among 229 cases, male (51.15%) predominated females (42.85%) with majority (42.25%) belonging to 21-30 yrs age group. The commonest poison encountered was the Organophosphorous compounds (73.14%). Suicide (77.33%) was the commonest manner than accidental poisoning. Agricultural farmers with rural background, belonging to lower socioeconomic strata were the commonest victims (78.29%) compared to others.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0973-9122",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}