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- Title
Current Trends of Poisoning in Tertiary Care Hospitals Located in a Rural Area of Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Authors
Vipparla, Koteswara Rao.; Kumari, Vijaya
- Abstract
Time wise epidemiological studies are important to find out the trends of poisoning in each region. The present study was conducted by collecting data regarding age, sex, marital status, religion, occupation, type and manner of poisoning of cases which got admitted and treated over a period of 3 years to know the current pattern of poisoning in tertiary care hospitals located in a rural area of Salem, Tamil Nadu. Total number cases studied were 170 cases, Among them 60cases (35.3%) belonged to 21-30yrs, males were 86 cases (50.6%) and females 84 cases (49.4%), both the sex were almost equally distributed, 103 cases(60.6%) were married, 151cases(88.8%) came from rural area, 160 cases (94.1%) were suicidal and all belonged to Hindu religion. Occupation-wise 56 cases (32.9%) were house wives, students 51 cases (31.8%), followed by farmers, laborers and others. Coming to the type of poisons, maximum were organophosphorous compounds 38 cases (22.4%), followed by Paraquat, 3% yellow phosphorous, oleander seeds and others
- Publication
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2021, Vol 15, Issue 1, p133
- ISSN
0973-9122
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.37506/ijfmt.v15i1.13386