Unnatural death in the elderly: a retrospective study of medicolegal autopsies in Northern Tunisia

Unnatural death in the elderly: a retrospective study of medicolegal autopsies in Northern Tunisia

Abstract Background The growing proportion of elderly implies that natural and unnatural deaths of the elderly will be increasingly confronted. The objective of our study was to determine the unnatural manner and causes of death in the elderly, defined as individuals at least 65 years of age at the...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Yassine Braham, Mariem Gharbeoui, Mohamed Bellali, Haithem Attia, Hana Harzallah, Olfa Bekir, Moncef Hamdoun, Mohamed Allouche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-05-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
Subjects:
Elderly suicide
Elderly accident
Elderly homicide
Forensic pathology
Cause of death
Unnatural death
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41935-019-0127-5

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