Medicolegal Study on Death from Poisoning.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 4
Abstract
Rapid development in science and technology and rapid growth in agriculture and industrial sector has led to increase in the incidence of poisoning, taking away a lot of precious human life. The chemical substances developed to protect the agriculture products from rodents and pests, to save the human beings from starvation, are themselves becoming a threat for the human life. Trends of poisoning had been constantly changing throughout the world with advent of new agents. This study aims to evaluate Incidence and pattern of poisoning in the district of Murshidabad.The study included all the cases of suspected poisoning brought for autopsy during the period september 2012 to august 2017. A total of 1400 cases of suspected poisoning death were analyzed. Male victims (62.50%) outnumbered females (37.50%) and maximum numbers of cases (63.714%) were in the age group 21-40 years. Economic status was found to be lower in 66.64% cases and maximum cases (73.93%) are villagers. Organophosphorus compounds were the most common agent responsible for poisoning with 27.14% cases followed by organochlorine compounds with 25.64% cases.
Authors and Affiliations
Bhaskar Chowdhury, Biplab Shee, Shouvanik Adhya
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