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Ingoldsby, Helen and Callagy, Grace (2010) Alcohol and unnatural deaths in the West of Ireland: a 5-year review. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 63, (10), pp. 900-903. 10.1136/jcp.2010.078741.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of alcohol in unnatural deaths in the West of Ireland between 2003 and 2007.

Methods: The reports of 1669 postmortem examinations carried out at Galway University Hospitals were reviewed; 379 non-homicidal unnatural deaths were eligible for the study. Alcohol levels were measured in blood and/or urine in 311 cases. For each case, gender, age, cause of death and toxicology results were recorded.


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