Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine
  • Year: 2006
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue: 3

Study of organophosphorus poisoning in surat, India

  • Author:
  • SK Gupta1,, S Kumar1, MI Sheikh2
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 83 to 87

1Dept of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Government Medical College, Surat, Gujarat, India.

2Dept of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, SMIMER, Surat, Gujarat, India.

*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Study of organophosphorous poisoning cases at new civil hospital and govt. medical college, Surat. During the period January 2004 to December 2005, total of 4160 cases were brought for autopsy amongst these 413 cases of poison were investigated and an interesting change in trend and nature of poisoning is observed. Among 413 cases of poisoning, 116 (28.1%) cases of organophosphorous poisoning and 84 (20.3%) cases of aluminum phosphide poisoning. In the majority of cases manner of death was suicidal. Maximum cases were in age group 21–30 yrs which accounts for 33.65% of the total. Males out number the females.

Keywords

Organophospohorus, Poison, Almunium Phosphide, Death