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.
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia. C.Cantor@nhs.gu.edu.au
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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