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Taktak Şafak
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Bahadır Kumral
Namık Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Ayla ÜNSAL
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Taşkın Özdeş
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Büyük Yalçın
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Sefa Çelik
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| A retrospective study was carried out on 4549 which is the total number of hanging cases autopsied at Forensic Medicine Institute in Istanbul, Turkey. 4502 hanging cases of suicidal origin were detected and evaluated in terms of demographic features, the type of hanging material used for ligature, internal findings in neck organs, toxicological findings and microscopic findings. Of these suicides, 3295 (73.2%) were males and 1207 (26.8%) were females. The average age of the victims was 37.8 (SD 1.6). Crude suicidal hanging rate is approximately two-fold increase in women, while it is about five-to six-fold increase in men during 33 years. 1424 of the victims committed suicide by hanging themselves at home, and 441 of them in prison and indoor areas. The alcohol in the blood of all autopsy victims was tested and results were positive for 687 people. A drug active agent was detected in 108 (2.4%) victims: 70 (1.5 … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine |
| Dergi ISSN | 1752-928X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 07-2015 |
| Cilt No | 33 |
| Sayfalar | 44 / 49 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.1016/j.jflm.2015.03.008 |
| Makale Linki | http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1752928X15000505 |
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| Google Scholar | 30 |
