Alcohol ingestion and age of death in hanging suicides

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 922-924

  Tse, Rexson ^a,b   Sims, Noel ^a   Byard, Roger W ^a,b  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Disinhibition; Forensic science; Hanging; Intoxication; Risk factor; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NECK INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASPHYXIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960069570     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01751.x     Document Type: Article

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