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JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages 13-16Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2018.10.003
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Accidental poisoning; First-degree relative; Homicide; Perpetrator; Suicidal poisoning; Victim
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This review has analysed various studies and case reports on homicide by poison from different parts of India till date. This review shows that homicidal poisoning prevalence varies from 0.3% to 3.7% having varied prevalence from different regions with no homicidal cases too. The poisons used in homicide were mainly organophosphates, aluminium phosphide, paraquat, and arsenic. No age-group or gender was spared and the perpetrators were first degree relatives.
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