@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of alcohol in fatalities in forensic medicine",
journal="Blutalkohol",
year="1992",
author="Püschel, K. and Bartsch, N. and Trübner, K.",
volume="29",
number="3",
pages="185-192",
abstract="Blood alcohol tests were carried out at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University of Hamburg in 1,000 sudden unexpected natural deaths and non-natural deaths (590 males, 410 females) during the first six months of 1989. In 18.6% of the cases (142 males, 44 females) a blood alcohol concentration of more than 0.1% was found. The blood alcohol concentration ranged from 0.1 to 1% in 87 cases; in 99 cases the blood alcohol concentration exceeded 1%; there were 17 fatalities with more than 3%. More than 95% of blood alcohol concentration values exceeding 2.5% were found in the age group of 40-69 years. As expected positive blood alcohol estimations and especially high blood alcohol concentrations were found in non-natural deaths. However, many cases with relevant blood alcohol findings had been classified as &quot;sudden natural death&quot; and were not investigated by autopsy. In 74 cases alcohol blood tests were ordered by the police.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0006-5250",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}