The drunkest drinking driver in Sweden: Blood alcohol concentration 0.545% w/v

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 400-406

  Jones, A W ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0032930620     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1999.60.400     Document Type: Article

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