A comparison of the bioavailabilities of oral and intravenous ethanol in healthy male volunteers

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 984-988

  Cobaugh, Daniel J ^a   Gibbs, Michael ^b   Shapiro, David E ^a,d   Krenzelok, Edward P ^c   Schneider, Sandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidotes; Dosage and administration; Ethanol; Males; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0032884328     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01179.x     Document Type: Article

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