Natural disease and alcohol intoxication amongst drivers of motor vehicles in Singapore from 1989 to 1993: A study of 140 necropsies

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 516-521

  Lau, G ^a  

^a Centre for Forensic Medicine Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Autopsies; Motorists; Natural deaths

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HEAD INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030179773     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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