Blood alcohol levels in suicide by hanging cases in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Talita Zerbini; Julio De Carvalho Ponce; Daniele Mayumi Sinagawa; Raquel Barbosa Cintra; Daniel Romero Muñoz; Vilma Leyton

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2012.02.022

Blood alcohol levels in suicide by hanging cases in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Talita Zerbini^*, Julio De Carvalho Ponce, Daniele Mayumi Sinagawa, Raquel Barbosa Cintra, Daniel Romero Muñoz, Vilma Leyton

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	294-296
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume	19
Issue number	5
Early online date	16 Mar 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2012.02.022
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2012
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Alcohol
BAC
Hanging
Suicide

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Blood alcohol levels in suicide by hanging cases in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil

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