TY - JOUR
T1 - Retrospective Analysis of Organophosphorous Poisoning Cases Between 2016 and 2020 in Urban India
AU - Biradar, Gururaj
AU - Shetty, H. Pavanchand
AU - Shetty, B. Suresh Kumar
AU - Rastogi, Prateek
AU - Rao, P. P.Jagadish
AU - Dsouza, Haneil
AU - Yogiraj, V.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author declares that this is a self-funded research project
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background: Agriculture is one of the main source of income in rural India. Recent times have seen a lot of advancements in the chemicals used for pest control to improve the quality of crops. However, the ease of availability and the high toxicity of these chemicals has led to accidental as well as deliberate casualties due to poisoning. Material and Meth A retrospective study was conducted at VIMS Bellary between the years 2016 to 2020 by collecting data from the postmortem reports of deaths due to organophosphorus poisoning. The sample size of the present study constituted 725 poisoning cases.Information about the age and sex of the victims, the type of poison, chemical examiners report occupation, socio-economic and marital status were collected from the inquest reports furnished by the Investigating authorities. Results: In the present study it was found that the mortality was more in males compared to females and majority of cases was found in people involved in agricultural profession in rural areas under low income group.
AB - Background: Agriculture is one of the main source of income in rural India. Recent times have seen a lot of advancements in the chemicals used for pest control to improve the quality of crops. However, the ease of availability and the high toxicity of these chemicals has led to accidental as well as deliberate casualties due to poisoning. Material and Meth A retrospective study was conducted at VIMS Bellary between the years 2016 to 2020 by collecting data from the postmortem reports of deaths due to organophosphorus poisoning. The sample size of the present study constituted 725 poisoning cases.Information about the age and sex of the victims, the type of poison, chemical examiners report occupation, socio-economic and marital status were collected from the inquest reports furnished by the Investigating authorities. Results: In the present study it was found that the mortality was more in males compared to females and majority of cases was found in people involved in agricultural profession in rural areas under low income group.
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U2 - 10.21088/ijfmp.0974.3383.15222.2
DO - 10.21088/ijfmp.0974.3383.15222.2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85160676141
SN - 0974-3383
VL - 15
SP - 79
EP - 82
JO - Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
JF - Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
IS - 2
ER -