TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Review of suicidal electrocution in South Korea from 2008 year to 2018 year
JO  - Korean journal of legal medicine (2014)
A1  - Kim, Dae Yoil
A1  - Lee, SangHan
A1  - Kim, Dong Ja
SP  - 138
EP  - 143
VL  - 43
IS  - 4
N2  - The authors investigated the cases of electrocution suicides in South Korea from 2008 to 2018. Out of 151,419 suicides during this 11-year period, suicide by electrocution was extremely rare. Only nine victims were recorded in eight cases, with one case involving a married couple. The majority of the victims were men (89%), and only one case involved a woman (11%). The mean age of the victims was 55 years, and ranged from 38 to 74 years. In all cases, the suicides occurred in the home, and low-voltage electricity was used. Two of the nine victims (22%) had an occupation related with electrical knowledge. Mental illness, such as depression and schizophrenia, was found in two cases (22%). An autopsy was not performed in all cases.   	    Keywords: Electrocution; Suicide; Electricity<p />  <p>Language: ko</p>
LA  - ko
SN  - 2383-5702
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2019.43.4.138
ID  - ref1
ER  -