TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Cases of acute fatal alcohol poisoning in the material of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University in Bialystok, in the years 1984-2004
JO  - Archiwum Medycyny Sadowej i Kryminologii
A1  - Okłota, M
A1  - Niemcunowicz-Janica, Anna
A1  - Załuski, J
A1  - Wardaszka, Zofia
A1  - Ptaszyńska-Sarosiek, Iwona
SP  - 183
EP  - 189
VL  - 59
IS  - 3
N2  - The paper presents the analysis of acute fatal ethanol poisonings in the material of the Forensic Medicine Institute in Bialystok. Our study has shown that a predominant majority of the deceased died during the phase of alcohol elimination. Moreover, these people were often in good health and generally fit. In view of the immense material analyzed by the present authors and the 20-year time span under investigation, it may be concluded that middle-aged men constitute a group the highest risk of death resulting from acute alcohol poisoning. The assessment of alcohol concentration in blood and other body liquids, for example in urine, allows for defining the phase when death of an alcohol-imbibing individual occurred. In medico-legal and clinical practice, such a determination is very important in terms of initiating appropriate treatment or specifying the mechanism of death.<p />  <p>Language: pl</p>
LA  - pl
SN  - 0324-8267
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -