title: [Characteristics of persons killed by firearms and examined at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Novi Sad 1989-1993].
abstract: Gunshot wounds present an actual medical problem today. This research deals with a group of deceased persons murdered by firearms examined at the Institute of Forensic Medicine Novi Sad during the period 1989 - 1993 (402 persons). The analysis included sex and age structure as well as forensic medical categories connected to characteristics of gunshot wounds and wounds by explosion. Out of the total number of examined persons murdered during the analyzed period 11.92% of cases were deadly injured by firearms. There is an evident increase of those who die by firearms. During the same period of time correlations among homicides, suicides and accidents changed in favor of homicides. The average increase of homicides in 1991, 1992 and 1993 was 61.28% in regard to the average values of the first two years of the 5-year period.
authors.affiliation: Zavod za sudsku medicinu, Medicinski fakultet, Novi Sad.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drasković
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Drasković
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stojiljković
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Karakteristike usmrćenih vatrenim oruzjem pregledanih u Zavodu za sudsku medicinu Novi Sad u periodu 1989-1993.