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Diseases of the airways and lungs in forensic autopsy material of alcoholics
1University Institute of Forensic Medicine, Odense C., Denmark.
Medicine, Science, and the Law
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
The frequency of diseases of the airways and lungs was examined in a forensic autopsy material of 441 alcoholics, who were compared with 255 controls. Lobar pneumonia was seen only in alcoholics, emphasizing alcohol abuse as a predisposing factor for this infection. Tuberculosis was more frequent in alcoholics, while there were no major differences in the occurrence of chronic lung diseases.