Impact of Acute Alcoholism on the Women’s Mortality in the Northern Region of Slovak Republic

Česká verze

Authors: Ľ. Straka ¹; F. Štuller ²; F. Novomeský ²; M. Zelený ³
Authors place of work: Súdno-lekárske pracovisko ÚDZS Martin ¹; Ústav súdneho lekárstva a medicínskych expertíz JLF UK Martin ²; Ústav soudního lékařství LF MU Brno ³
Published in the journal: Soud Lék., 54, 2009, No. 4, p. 52-55

Summary

Problem of women’s alcoholism doesn’t belong among main topics of Slovak or Czech public discussions. Though everyone meeting the phenomenon of women’s alcoholism can feel the fatal consequences of this mistake, our society used to perceive alcoholism as a men’s problem. The authors performed the complex analysis of the mortuary files with particular focusing on the cases of women’s deaths caused by alcohol intoxication, and the cases of deaths where an alcohol played the dominating role, in the northern regions of Slovak republic. Submitted article is author’s next referring to urgent need of public discussion concerning the alcohol consumption in Slovakia, the phenomenon being widely tolerated by the society.

Key words:
alcohol – alcohol intoxication – womenßs alcoholism

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