Prevalence of alcohol-related pathologies at autopsy: Estonian Forensic Study of Alcohol and Premature Death

Addiction

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2018-2026

  Tuusov, Jana ^a,b   Lang, Katrin ^a   Väli, Marika ^a,b   Pärna, Kersti ^a   Tõnisson, Mailis ^a,b   Ringmets, Inge ^a   Mckee, Martin ^c   Helander, Anders ^d   Leon, David A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Forensic Science Institute   (Estonia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Alcohol related pathologies; Epidemiology; Estonia forensic autopsy; ICD codes; Post mortem alcohol biomarkers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920275744     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12695     Document Type: Article

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