TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Chemical poisoning in three Telengana districts of Andhra Pradesh
JO  - Forensic science international
A1  - Gautami, S.
A1  - Sudershan, R. V.
A1  - Bhat, R. V.
A1  - Suhasini, G.
A1  - Bharati, M.
A1  - Gandhi, K. P.
SP  - 167
EP  - 171
VL  - 122
IS  - 2-3
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0379-0738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -