Riaz Qadeer, Rubina Salma Yasmin, Anwar-ul Haq.
Mortalities & Morbidities due to Bomb Blast Injuries in Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;14(2):88-90.

Background: One of the aims of medico legal autopsy is to find out personal identity in addition to mode, manner & cause of death in any sudden suspicious unnatural death. The present study is about unnatural deaths due to bomb blast injuries. Place of Study: Study was conducted in the department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of Khyber Medical College, Peshawar. Methodology: This descriptive study consists of total 400 autopsies performed on all referred cases from the police station of rural as well as urban areas of Peshawar district during the period from 1st January 2013 to 23rd May 2013. Results: It was found out from the results that 25 out of total 400 unnatural deaths (6%) were due to bomb blast injuries.

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