Copeland A R
Forensic Sci Int. 1985 Nov-Dec;29(3-4):159-69. doi: 10.1016/0379-0738(85)90109-4.
A study of victims of alcohol abuse was performed on the case files of the Office of the Medical Examiner of Metropolitan Dade County in Miami, Florida. During the year 1983, all cases in which alcoholism, either acute or chronic, was the cause of death primarily or contributory in a natural or accidental manner of death were collected. These 118 cases were then analyzed as to the age, race, sex, and cause of death of the victim along with the blood alcohol content, the drugs detected at autopsy, the scene circumstances, the geographic location of the terminal incident, noting whether or not there was a history of drinking prior to the terminal incident, the average weights of key target organs, and the histopathology of the liver. The most common victim is an older (greater than 50 years) white male who dies from "chronic alcoholism" with a terminal negative blood alcohol. This victim is usually "found dead" at home with a past history of drinking, and histopathologically the liver depicts fatty metamorphosis rather than cirrhosis.
对佛罗里达州迈阿密戴德县法医办公室的案件档案进行了一项酒精滥用受害者研究。在1983年期间，收集了所有因急性或慢性酒精中毒以自然或意外方式主要导致死亡或促成死亡的病例。然后对这118例病例进行了分析，内容包括受害者的年龄、种族、性别和死因，以及血液酒精含量、尸检时检测到的药物、现场情况、最终事件的地理位置，记录最终事件发生前是否有饮酒史、关键靶器官的平均重量以及肝脏的组织病理学。最常见的受害者是年龄较大（超过50岁）的白人男性，死于“慢性酒精中毒”，终末血液酒精检测呈阴性。该受害者通常在家中“被发现死亡”，有饮酒史，组织病理学显示肝脏为脂肪变性而非肝硬化。
