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                                                                <journal-id>pam tıp derg</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Pamukkale Medical Journal</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">1308-0865</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Pamukkale Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31362/patd.1631837</article-id>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="en">
                                                            <subject>Forensic Medicine</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Adli Tıp</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Investigation of foreign national forensic cases in Denizli province</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Denizli ilindeki yabancı uyruklu adli olguların incelenmesi</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3544-2269</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Seydaoğulları Baltacı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ayşe</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Ardahan Adli Tıp Şube Müdürlüğü</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0200-4764</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Acar</surname>
                                    <given-names>Kemalettin</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>PAMUKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260413">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>13</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>19</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>353</fpage>
                                        <lpage>362</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250203">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>03</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20250225">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>25</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2008, Pamukkale Tıp Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2008</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Pamukkale Tıp Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the data of foreign national cases who underwent forensic autopsy andapplied to Forensic Medicine Units in Denizli province in the light of political, geographical, and socioeconomicaspects, to contribute to domestic and foreign studies in this field, and to determine the preventable causes ofdeaths.Materials and methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medicolegal reports of foreign nationals who appliedto the Directorate of Forensic Medicine Council and Pamukkale University Department of Forensic Medicine andforeign nationals who were autopsied in the Pamukkale University.Results: It was observed that the number of autopsies performed on foreign nationals constituted 2.38% of allautopsies. The most common country of origin of foreign national death cases was Syria with 25.6%. Amongthe foreign national death cases, 29.1% (25) were tourists. The most common cause of death among foreigndeaths was natural origin (43%).In the case of foreign nationals, 316 reports were issued for 271 cases. The most common country of origin ofthe applicants was Iran with 33.2%. Of the applicants, 48.3% applied for reports on intentional injury.Conclusions: Strict pregnancy follow-up, improving living conditions, and providing counseling services tofamilies on child care, neglect, and education are among the measures that can be taken to reduce mortality inthe 0-10 age group.Considering that children are the future of society, it is of great importance that children who are dragged intocrime are supported at the earliest possible time.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Amaç: Bu çalışmada, Denizli ilinde Adli Tıp Birimlerine başvuran ve adli otopsi yapılan yabancı uyruklu olgularınverilerinin politik, coğrafi ve sosyoekonomik açılardan değerlendirilmesi, bu alanda yurt içi ve yurt dışında yapılançalışmalara katkı sağlanması ve önlenebilir ölüm nedenlerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.Gereç ve yöntem: Denizli Adli Tıp Şube Müdürlüğü ve Pamukkale Üniversitesi Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı&#039;nabaşvuran yabancı uyruklu olguların ve Pamukkale Üniversitesi&#039;nde otopsisi yapılan yabancı uyruklu olgularınadli raporlarını retrospektif olarak analiz edilmiştir.Bulgular: Yabancı uyruklu olgulara yapılan otopsi sayısının tüm otopsilerin %2,38&#039;ini oluşturduğu görülmüştür.Yabancı uyruklu ölüm olgularının en sık görülen menşei %25,6 ile Suriye olmuştur. Yabancı uyruklu ölümolgularının %29,1&#039;i (25) turisttir. Yabancı ölümlerde en sık görülen ölüm nedeni doğal neden (%43) olmuştur.Yabancı uyruklularda 271 vaka için 316 rapor düzenlenmiştir. Başvuranların en sık geldiği ülke %33,2 ile İranolmuştur. Başvuranların %48,3&#039;ü kasten yaralama raporu için başvuruda bulunmuştur.Sonuç: 0-10 yaş grubunda ölüm oranını azaltmak için alınabilecek önlemler arasında sıkı gebelik takibi, yaşamkoşullarının iyileştirilmesi ve ailelere çocuk bakımı, ihmal ve eğitim konusunda danışmanlık hizmeti verilmesiyer almaktadır. Çocukların toplumun geleceği olduğu düşünüldüğünde suça sürüklenen çocukların en erkenzamanda desteklenmesi büyük önem taşımaktadır.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Foreign nationals</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  medicolegal report</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  autopsy</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  migration</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  forensic medicine</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Yabancı uyruklular</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  adli rapor</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  otopsi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  göç</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  adli tıp</kwd>
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