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Trends of Weapons Used in Lieu of Assault to the Persons Seeking Medicolegal Certification at Mayo Hospital, Lahore

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dc.contributor.author IQBAL, MUHAMMAD
dc.contributor.author HUSSAIN, SYED MUDDASAR
dc.contributor.author MALIK, ARIF RASHEED
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T09:46:23Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T09:46:23Z
dc.date.issued 2017-12
dc.identifier.citation Iqbal, M., Hussain, S. M., & Malik, A. R. (2017). Trends of Weapons Used in Lieu of Assault to the Persons Seeking Medicolegal Certification at Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Pakistan journal of medical and health sciences, 11(4), 1442-1443. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1996-7195
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/13398
dc.description.abstract Aim: To study the trends of weapons used in lieu of assault to the persons seeking medicolegal certification at Mayo Hospital, Lahore Methods: It is a cross-sectional study which was conducted at the Mayo Hospital. 160 cases fulfilling the inclusion criteria from January 2014 to March 2014 were selected. Results: Out of 160 cases, 136 (85%) were men, and 24 (15%) were women. The age of patients ranged between 05 and 64 years, with a 5.7: 1 male-female ratio. Regarding type of weapons, 125 cases (78.1%) have blunt weapons used while 23(14.4%) with sharp edge and 9 cases (5.6%) with firearm. Conclusion: Blunt weapons are frequently used in lieu of assault to the persons seeking medicolegal certification at Mayo hospital, Lahore. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences en_US
dc.subject Weapons en_US
dc.subject Medicolegal certification en_US
dc.subject assault en_US
dc.title Trends of Weapons Used in Lieu of Assault to the Persons Seeking Medicolegal Certification at Mayo Hospital, Lahore en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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