Sudden cardiac death and acute drunken state - autopsy study

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo

Volumn 138, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 590-594

  Živković, Vladimir ^a   Miletić, Borislav ^a   Nikolić, Slobodan ^a   Juković, Fehim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b County Hospital   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Alcohol intoxication; Alcoholism; Forensic pathology; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; CARDIOMYOPATHY, ALCOHOLIC; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951637224     PISSN: 03708179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/SARH1010590Z     Document Type: Article

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