Ethanol pharmacodynamics at low blood concentrations

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 375-382

  Gupta, S K ^a,c   Ellinwood, E H ^b   Muir, K T ^a   Hege, S ^b   Kleoudis, C ^a   Powell, J R ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ethanol; pharmacokinetics; psychometric tests; ranitidine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030014059     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045391-199605000-00008     Document Type: Article

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