The relationship of alcohol to sudden natural death. An epidemiological analysis

J Stud Alcohol. 1980 Jul;41(7):693-701. doi: 10.15288/jsa.1980.41.693.

Abstract

Of 172 sudden nontraumatic deaths, 16 were attributed to fatty liver alone and 74 to other causes with concomitant fatty liver, while 82 had no fatty liver.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Alcoholism / epidemiology*
  • Death, Sudden / epidemiology*
  • Death, Sudden / pathology
  • Epidemiologic Methods
  • Ethnicity
  • Fatty Liver, Alcoholic / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sex Factors
  • United States