Sociodemographic profile of poisoning cases.

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dc.contributor.authorDash, Shreemanta Kumar
dc.contributor.authorRaju, Aluri Sitarama
dc.contributor.authorMohanty, Manoj Kumar
dc.contributor.authorPatnaik, Kiran Kumar
dc.contributor.authorMohanty, Sachidananda
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-27T06:41:25Z
dc.date.available2011-09-27T06:41:25Z
dc.date.issued2005-07
dc.description.abstractAcute poisoning is an important medical emergency and one of the causes of death. A thorough knowledge of the profile of the victim is essential for management and prevention of poisoning. The present paper evaluates pattern of poisoning cases including deaths over a period of two years from 1999 to 2001 in Berhampur, Orissa. 53.3% of the cases were male with male to female ratio 1.14:1. Peak incidence was observed in the age group 21-30 years(124 cases). More than four-fifth of the cases belonged to medium socioeconomic status and 58.1% cases were from rural areas. Majority of the victims were literate and married outnumbered the unmarried cases. Occurrence of poisoning was more common in day time and during Summer season. Organophosphate compounds was the most commonly (22.9%) abused substance. Based on these findings preventive measures like restriction of sale and strengthening the legislature on availability of poison, promoting poison information center etc have been put forward.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDash Shreemanta Kumar, Raju Aluri Sitarama, Mohanty Manoj Kumar, Patnaik Kiran Kumar, Mohanty Sachidananda. Sociodemographic profile of poisoning cases. Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine. 2005 Jul; 27(3): 133-138.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/134735
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.forensicindia.com/journals/jiafm/t05/i3/jalt05i3p133.pdfen_US
dc.subjectDeathsen_US
dc.subjectorganophosphatesen_US
dc.subjectpoisoningen_US
dc.subjectpreventive measuresen_US
dc.subjectvictimsen_US
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshCause of Death
dc.subject.meshDemography
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIndia
dc.subject.meshOrganophosphate Poisoning --epidemiology
dc.subject.meshOrganophosphate Poisoning --etiology
dc.subject.meshOrganophosphate Poisoning --mortality
dc.subject.meshOrganophosphate Poisoning --prevention & control
dc.subject.meshOrganophosphate Poisoning --statistics & numerical data
dc.subject.meshSocioeconomic Factors
dc.subject.meshYoung Adult
dc.titleSociodemographic profile of poisoning cases.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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