TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - A one year study of female deaths due to burns
JO  - Indian journal of forensic medicine and toxicology
A1  - Patel, D.J.
A1  - Patel, A.
SP  - 280
EP  - 283
VL  - 10
IS  - 2
N2  - Even after modernization, awareness and better treatment, burns deaths are still common in Indian society. Burn injuries are very common in developing countries due to high population density, domestic accidents, poverty, illiteracy, lack of appropriate safety measures. Amongst them females is more common victim than male. Male female ratio is 1: 2.2. Most affected age group is 21-30 years with rural predominance than urban. Most of victims are house wives (45%) during the cooking which are accidental deaths (51%). © 2016, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0973-9122
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0973-9130.2016.00112.2
ID  - ref1
ER  -