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Rajesh C Dere

Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College

Priya Pathak

Nepalese Army Institute of Health Services

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Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College

King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College

Nepalese Army Institute of Health Services

Johns Hopkins University

Chitwan Medical College

College of Medical Sciences

Seattle Children's Hospital

University of Washington Medical Center

Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences

Kathmandu University

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Dhatura poisoning: Is it rare?

International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine (2003)

Priya Pathak Rajesh C Dere Sisir Ruia

Poisoning is an important cause of morbidity as well as mortality in India, more than 50,000 people die of poisoning every year. Dhatura poisoning is relatively rare in occurrence which is mostly accidental. However, its use as a roadside poison with criminal intension for the purpose of robbery and kidnapping is frequently reported in media. The victims are usually travelers by train or long distance buses. Suicidal poisoning still occurs but rarely. Analysis of Dhatura poisoning cases encountered in Pruvara Rural Hospital, Loni, over a period of 12 years has been done.

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