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Year : 2014, Volume : 1, Issue : 1
First page : ( 74) Last page : ( 76)
Print ISSN : 2322-0414. Online ISSN : 2322-0422. Published online : 2014 June 1.
Article DOI : 10.5958/j.2322-0422.1.1.016

Starvational Death: A Case Report

Karthik SK1,,*, Jayaprakash G2, Nagaraj BM3, Velu J Mohana1

1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

2Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

3Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

*Corresponding author email id: ssskkarthik4@gmail.com

Abstract

Starvation is regular and continuous deprivation of food and drink, both necessary for the maintenance of sound health and normal active life of a person. A case is presented wherein an elderly male was reported to have died of starvation.

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Keywords

Starvation, Inaniation, Cachexia, Food, Subnutrition, Malnutrition.

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