Title: Fatal Alcohol Intoxication in Women: a Forensic Autopsy Study from Slovakia
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Fatal alcohol intoxication in women: A forensic autopsy study from Slovakia
BACKGROUND Plenty of information related to alcoholism can be found in the literature, however, the studies have mostly dealt with the predominance of male alcoholism and data related to addiction in women are desperately scarce and difficult to find. Basic demographic data focusing on the impact of acute alcohol intoxication on the circumstances of death and social behaviour in the alcohol add...
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