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Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Volume 8
March 26-27, 2018 | Orlando, USA
World Summit on
Healthcare & Hospital Management
&
International Conference & Exhibition on
Biologics and Biosimilars
S
uicide is a complex, multifaceted problem and is
categorized as one of the major causes of unnatural
deaths in all age groups worldwide. Asian countries account
for about 60% of global suicides. Iran had shown the highest
increase rateof suicidal deaths amongEasternMediterranean
Region and Islamic countries. Intentional poisoning is the
third method of suicide following hanging and self-burning
in Iran. Therefore, we undertook a retrospective analytical
study to investigate toxicology findings in completed suicides
referred to Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran to
define the most prevalent drugs and poisons in postmortem
samples of self-poisoning completed suicides in a five-year
study Period (2011–2015). All self-poisoning suicidal deaths
during 2011–2015 were included in the present study. Death
certificates of cases were reviewed and extracted data such
as age, gender, marital status, employment status, forensic
toxicology results for licit and illicit drugs, alcohols and
poisons were entered into the designed questioners by a
trained forensic toxicology specialist. As expected, more
than one drug was used by subjects to commit suicide.
The most prevalent toxic substance that was detected in
postmortem samples was phosphine gas liberated from
aluminum phosphide or zinc phosphide tablets or powders.
The total number of self-poisoning suicidal deaths was 674
with the predominance of men. Self-poisoning suicidal
deaths were highest in the 21–30 years age category.
As for occupation, the highest rate of completed suicide
was among unemployed subjects. A higher frequency of
poisoning was seen in single cases. Spring and autumn were
the most troubling seasons regarding self-poisoning suicidal
deaths. Meanwhile, the results of the present study will help
to better tailor preventive efforts regarding restriction for
the access to suicidal means.
Biography
Akhgari Maryam has her expertise in Forensic and Analytical Toxicology as the Head
of Forensic Toxicology Department, Tehran, Iran since 2004. Her responsibility is to
decide about drugs and poisons related deaths, postmortem forensic toxicology, seized
materials analysis and analytical method validation. She is one of the Members of Legal
Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, and Tehran, Iran as Associate
Professor with about 40 published papers..
e:
akhgari1349@yahoo.comUnnatural self-poisoning suicidal deaths, implications in forensic toxicology
Akhgari Maryam
1
, Kordrostami Roya
2
and
Ameri Maryam
2
1
Legal Medicine Organization, Iran
2
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran