Alcohol and unnatural deaths in the West of Ireland: A 5-year review

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 900-903

  Ingoldsby, Helen ^a   Callagy, Grace ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AUTOPSY; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; DROWNING; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FALLING; FEMALE; FIRE; GENDER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANGING; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDESTRIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DROWNING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957833971     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2010.078741     Document Type: Article

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