Elderly victims dying of unnatural causes: a retrospective descriptive study from Ragama, Sri Lanka

dc.contributor.author	Kitulwatte, I.D.G.	en
dc.contributor.author	Paranavithana, S.S.
dc.contributor.author	Perera, A.A.B.S.
dc.contributor.author	Edirisinghe, P.A.S.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-03-07T05:01:44Z
dc.date.available	2019-03-07T05:01:44Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.citation	Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science & Law.2018;9(1):15–22.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2465-6089
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/20063
dc.description	Not Indexed	en
dc.description.abstract	Even though life expectancy among the elderly has been improving health hazards due to unnatural causes are a significant medical and social issue among this group. The objective was to determine the causes and epidemiological aspects of unnatural deaths in the elderly. A retrospective descriptive study conducted for a period of 3 years, at a tertiary care hospital of Sri Lanka where information was collected from hospital records and post mortem reports of persons above 60 years of age, who died due to unnatural causes revealed that a majority of deaths were due to road traffic accidents of pedestrians.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at University of Peradeniya	en_US
dc.subject	Cause of Death	en_US
dc.subject	Aged	en
dc.subject	Retrospective Studies	en
dc.title	Elderly victims dying of unnatural causes: a retrospective descriptive study from Ragama, Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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