Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 185-189 , May 2007

Suicide in India – A four year retrospective study

  • Sachidananda Mohanty, MD LLB ((Associate Professor))

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, M.K.C.G. Medical College, Berhampur 760 004, Orissa, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 680 2203533 (R); +91 680 2203601 (O); fax: +91 680 2200752; mobile: 0 94372 60015.
    • ,
  • Geeta Sahu, MD ((Lecturer))

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, M.K.C.G. Medical College, Berhampur 760 004, Orissa, India
    • ,
  • Manoj Kumar Mohanty, MD ((Assistant Professor))

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Dr Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences, Chinoutpalli, Gannavaram Mandal, Krishna Dist 521286, Andhra Pradesh, India
    • ,
  • Manju Patnaik, MS ((Lecturer))

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, M.K.C.G. Medical College, Berhampur 760 004, Orissa, India

Received 7 February 2006 ,Revised 12 May 2006 ,Accepted 14 May 2006.

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PII: S1353-1131(06)00136-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.05.007

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 185-189 , May 2007

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