The contribution of alcohol to fatal traumatic head injuries in the forensic setting

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Cryan, J ^a   Cathiin N ^a   Curtis, M ^b   Cassidy, M ^b   Brett, F M ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b State Pathologists Office   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRIVER; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959791535     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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