Involvement of alcohol in murder suicides.
The blood alcohol levels present post mortem for all murder-suicides identified via the Queensland Suicide Register were compared with those of a sample of suicides matched on age, sex and method. No differences in the levels of alcohol were found.
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Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia. C.Cantor@nhs.gu.edu.au
McTaggart
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D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D000431:Ethanol / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012306:Risk; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
D000431:Ethanol