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Unintentional deaths from carbon monoxide in motor vehicle exhaust: West Virginia.

Author(s) -

Roy C. Baron,

Ronald C. Backer,

Irvin M. Sopher

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.79.3.328

Subject(s) - medical examiner , blood alcohol , environmental health , medicine , co poisoning , poison control , alcohol , carbon monoxide poisoning , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , west virginia , medical emergency , emergency medicine , geography , chemistry , biochemistry , catalysis , archaeology , pathology

We investigated the circumstances of unintended carbon monoxide deaths from motor vehicle exhaust. Of 64 episodes involving 82 deaths investigated by the West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 1978-84, 50 occurred outdoors in older vehicles with defective exhaust systems and 14 occurred in enclosed or semi-enclosed home garages. Blood alcohol was detected in 50 (68 per cent) of 74 victims tested; 34 had blood alcohol concentrations greater than or equal to 0.10 g/dl. We suggest increasing public awareness of the hazards of motor vehicle exhaust and enforcing vehicle inspection regulations.

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