title: Deaths due to jambia-inflicted lesions in a domestic environment.
abstract: Domestic violence is a significant health problem affecting women all around the world by causing a wide range of physical and psychological traumas. Yemen has a very high percentage of women experiencing intimate partner violence (up to 50%) and a high mortality rate. In this article, we are presenting 3 particular cases of domestic violence deaths in which the weapon used was a jambia (jambia, jambiah, jambiya, djambia), a special dagger specific to Yemen and the surrounding areas. We are also summarizing the main characteristics of jambia-inflicted lesions and their thanatology.
authors: National Institute of Legal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.
authors: Dan
authors: D
authors: Dermengiu
authors: Mohammed Hassan
authors: MH
authors: Naji
authors: Cristian George
authors: CG
authors: Curca
authors: Sorin
authors: S
authors: Hostiuc
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017579:Domestic Violence; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D008297:Male; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology; D054041:Weapons; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015006:Yemen