TY - JOUR
T1 - Blood alcohol levels in suicide by hanging cases in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil
AU - Zerbini, Talita
AU - De Carvalho Ponce, Julio
AU - Mayumi Sinagawa, Daniele
AU - Barbosa Cintra, Raquel
AU - Romero Muñoz, Daniel
AU - Leyton, Vilma
PY - 2012/7/1
Y1 - 2012/7/1
N2 - Suicide is one of the main causes of violent death worldwide, and has become a public health issue. Since alcohol consumption is associated with the increase in the number of suicides and hanging is one of the main methods used worldwide, the present study consists of an epidemiological analysis of BACs in victims of suicide by hanging autopsied in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The objective of the present work was to establish an epidemiological profile and evaluate blood alcohol concentrations in victims of suicide by hanging in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, in the year of 2007. A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted by collection of secondary data from autopsy reports of victims of hanging. According to the present study, positive results for alcohol were higher in male victims, but the mean BAC was higher in women.
AB - Suicide is one of the main causes of violent death worldwide, and has become a public health issue. Since alcohol consumption is associated with the increase in the number of suicides and hanging is one of the main methods used worldwide, the present study consists of an epidemiological analysis of BACs in victims of suicide by hanging autopsied in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The objective of the present work was to establish an epidemiological profile and evaluate blood alcohol concentrations in victims of suicide by hanging in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, in the year of 2007. A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted by collection of secondary data from autopsy reports of victims of hanging. According to the present study, positive results for alcohol were higher in male victims, but the mean BAC was higher in women.
KW - Alcohol
KW - BAC
KW - Hanging
KW - Suicide
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862126565&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jflm.2012.02.022
DO - 10.1016/j.jflm.2012.02.022
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 22687772
AN - SCOPUS:84862126565
SN - 1752-928X
VL - 19
SP - 294
EP - 296
JO - Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
JF - Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
IS - 5
ER -