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An Assessment of Death Profile of Unknown Dead Bodies, Brought for Autopsy to the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology in Government Medical College of Garhwal Region, Uttarakhand: A Retrospective Study

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MCMayank Kishore ChandNational Institute of Technology Srinagar NGNiranjan Kumar GunjanNational Institute of Technology Srinagar PSPankaj Kumar SahuArmy Hospital Research and Referral

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Retrospective study reveals that 13.75% of corpses were unidentified in a forensic mortuary, highlighting investigative hurdles caused by advanced decomposition.

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Unidentified cases accounted for 13.75% of all post-mortem examinations, with male decedents comprising 80.35% of these unknown records.
Retrospective study evaluated standardized proformas across 407 consecutive autopsies at an academic forensic medicine department over five years.
Highlights major identification hurdles caused by advanced decomposition in 69.64% of unknown remains, complicating post-mortem investigation.

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Chand et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6a619b6db6435876290cb https://doi.org/10.37506/2gh59c97

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Retrospective study reveals that 13.75% of corpses were unidentified in a forensic mortuary, highlighting investigative hurdles caused by advanced decomposition.

An Assessment of Death Profile of Unknown Dead Bodies, Brought for Autopsy to the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology in Government Medical College of Garhwal Region, Uttarakhand: A Retrospective Study

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An Assessment of Death Profile of Unknown Dead Bodies, Brought for Autopsy to the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology in Government Medical College of Garhwal Region, Uttarakhand: A Retrospective Study

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