The Effect of a 'One for the Road' Drink of Hard Liquor, Beer or Wine on Peak Breath Alcohol Concentration in a Social Drinking Environment with Food Consumption

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-69

  Breen, Martin H ^a   Dang, Qui T ^a   Jaing, Joseph T ^a   Boyd, Greta N ^a  

^a Orange County Sheriff Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BREATH TESTS; CALIFORNIA; EATING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031602967     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249803800110     Document Type: Article

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