TY - JOUR PY - 1977// TI - Acute ethanol poisoning: a two-year study of deaths in North Carolina JO - Journal of forensic sciences A1 - Taylor, Henry L. A1 - Hudson, R. P. SP - 639 EP - 653 VL - 22 IS - 3 N2 - A 24-month study of fatalities in North Carolina with high blood ethanol levels (300 mg/100 ml or over) revealed 502 cases with either acute alcoholism or the effects of this range of blood ethanol concentration having caused or contributed to death. This investigation reassessed the criteria for ethanol poisoning, including its cause and manner of death, and revealed recurrent patterns common to this syndrome. This inquiry also contrasted the frequency of ethanol poisoning in different areas of the country.
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