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A Study of Pattern of Asphyxial Deaths in Shimla Hills


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1 Deptt of Forensic Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India
2 Deptt of Community Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India
3 Department of Forensic Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India
     

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This is a retrospective analytical study of violent asphyxial deaths reported to Department of Forensic Medicine, IGMC Shimla from January -December 2005.Out of 218 postmortems conducted in department 12 (5.5 %) cases were of violent asphyxial deaths. The present study emphasis on demographic variables, type of asphyxia, pattern of injuries in such cases.
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Authors

Sangeet Dhillon
Deptt of Forensic Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India
Anjali Mahajan
Deptt of Community Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India
H S Sekhon
Department of Forensic Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India

Abstract


This is a retrospective analytical study of violent asphyxial deaths reported to Department of Forensic Medicine, IGMC Shimla from January -December 2005.Out of 218 postmortems conducted in department 12 (5.5 %) cases were of violent asphyxial deaths. The present study emphasis on demographic variables, type of asphyxia, pattern of injuries in such cases.

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