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Citation

Cvetković D, Zivković V, Lukić V, Nikolic S. J. Forensic Sci. 2017; 62(6): 1506-1511.

Affiliation

Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Belgrade - School of Medicine, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/1556-4029.13460

PMID

28230897

Abstract

The use of alcohol increases the risk of dying from unnatural or violent causes. The presented study explored the distribution of age, gender, cause, and circumstances of death in persons who died in an unnatural and violent manner, with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) higher than 0.3 g/dL, and where the cause of death was not alcohol intoxication. We defined the control (0 < BAC < 0.3 g/dL) and study (BAC ≥ 0.3 g/dL) groups, as in subjects with these concentrations, there is a significant risk of gross intoxication, stupor, and death. The subjects from the study group were older, with no difference in gender distribution. Traffic accidents were the most common fatal event in both groups, followed by suicides. Other accidents (choking on food and exposure to fire) were more frequent in the study group. Compared to the control group, subjects from the study group were older persons whose deaths were mainly accidental.

© 2017 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.


Language: en

Keywords

alcohol; cause of death; forensic pathology; forensic science; intoxication; unnatural death; violent death

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