TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Epidemiological aspects of suicide due to poisoning in North-West Pundjab - A changing trend. Ten years study
JO  - Romanian journal of legal medicine
A1  - Gargi, J.
A1  - Chanana, A.
SP  - 78
EP  - 83
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
N2  - A ten year study of suicides due to poisoning had been carried out by this department. out of 714 cases of suicidal deaths, 357 (50%) accounted for suicide by poisoning. The majority of suicidal deaths, i.e. 226 (63.3%) were due to aluminum phosphide. 142 (63.83%) males and 86 females (37,17%) committed suicide by consuming aluminum phosphide. 117 (51.77%) belonged to the upper caste. 141 (62.38%) were Sikhs and (56,19%) were rural inhabitants. Along with the epidemiological aspects, changing trends of different poisons had been studied.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1221-8618
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -