Aluminium phosphide fatalities: A 24 years experience.

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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Dalbir
dc.contributor.authorTyagi, Seema
dc.contributor.authorBansal, Yoginder Singh
dc.contributor.authorMandal, S P
dc.contributor.authorThind, A S
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-28T06:54:01Z
dc.date.available2011-09-28T06:54:01Z
dc.date.issued2007-01
dc.description.abstractA 24 years autopsy study (1982-2006) of acute poisoning deaths owing to aluminium phosphide from a tertiary care hospital of Northern India (Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh revealed that mortality due to acute poisoning constitued 12.6% of the total unnatural fatalities and out of which 51.3% were because of this fumigant insecticide. The first victim reported in 1982 and its proportion, which was 20% in years 1982 to 86, increased to 73% between the years 1994-98 and then decreased to 49% of the total acute poisoning fatalities in 2002-06. Peak incidence was observed in the age group of 21-25 years (31%) and least in the age group of beyond 65 years (3%). The proportion of suicidal deaths increased from 20% to 54% between these periods. Sales workers / businessmen (15%), office workers (10.7%) followed by student (10.4%), among the males and domestic workers (23%), students (10.4%) in females were the main victims of suicidal poisoning. 53% male victims were married where as 59.4% female victims were unmarried. 52.4% were from the urban areas.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSingh Dalbir, Tyagi Seema, Bansal Yoginder Singh, Mandal SP, Thind AS. Aluminium phosphide fatalities: A 24 years experience. Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine. 2007 Jan; 29(1): 12-16.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/134756
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.forensicindia.com/journals/jiafm/2007/JIAFM-29-1.pdfen_US
dc.subjectAluminium Phosphideen_US
dc.subjectFatalitiesen_US
dc.subjectPoisoningen_US
dc.subjectProfileen_US
dc.subjectAutopsyen_US
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshAluminium Compounds --poisoning
dc.subject.meshAutopsy
dc.subject.meshFatal Outcome
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIndia
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshPhosphines --poisoning
dc.subject.meshPoisoning --etiology
dc.subject.meshPoisoning --mortality
dc.subject.meshPoisoning --statistics & numerical data
dc.subject.meshYoung Adult
dc.titleAluminium phosphide fatalities: A 24 years experience.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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