@article{ref1,
title="Ethanol levels in legally autopsied subjects: analytical approach and epidemiological relevance in a prospective study in the touristic region of the Canary Islands (Spain)",
journal="Journal of forensic and legal medicine",
year="2017",
author="Almeida-González, Maira and Henríquez-Hernández, Luis A. and Luzardo, Octavio P. and Zumbado, Manuel and Zaragoza, Enrique and Meilán, María J. and Camacho, María and Boada, Luis D.",
volume="52",
number="",
pages="40-45",
abstract="The aim of this study was to analyze the presence of alcohol in individuals (137) that were subjected to a mandatory medico-legal autopsy in the Institute of Legal Medicine of Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain) during 2015. Blood and vitreous humor samples (232) were analyzed by gas chromatography. 46.0% of the individuals were positive for alcohol, being half of them tourists. Blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) was higher in men over 60 years (p = 0.041). 10.2% of the series died in a traffic accident, and victims had the highest proportion of positives to alcohol (64.3%) and the highest BAC (2.56 g/L, p = 0.048). The BAC:VHAC (alcohol in vitreous humor) ratio was higher among victims of traffic crashes (p = 0.036), suggesting a short elapsed interval between the alcohol intake and the fatal accident. The results of this study indicate that ethanol is still heavily involved in non-natural deaths.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1752-928X",
doi="10.1016/j.jflm.2017.08.015",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2017.08.015"
}