title: [Role of acute alcoholism in violent death. Statistics of the Lyon Medico-Legal Institute (1981-2)].
abstract: Over a 2-year period (1981-1982), blood alcohol levels were measured in 1371 post-mortem examinations performed at the medico-legal Institute of Lyon. These levels were higher in men, in subjects who died between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m., in corpses found in water and in subjects killed by a fall or in a fire. Among the 4 main types of death (homicide, suicide, accident and natural death), those by homicide had the highest, and those by suicide the lowest blood alcohol concentrations.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rouzioux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parisot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vermont
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isnard
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality*; D001344:Autopsy; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: Rôle de l'alcoolisme aigu dans le déterminisme des morts violentes. Bilan de l'Institut médico-légal de Lyon (1981-1982).