Sudden unexpected death in alcohol misuse - An unrecognized public health issue?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3070-3081

  Templeton, Alexa H ^a   Carter, Karen L T ^a   Sheron, Nick ^a,b   Gallagher, Patrick J ^c   Verrill, Clare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Death; Post mortem and sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TOXICITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 74549141757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6123070     Document Type: Article

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