Gelatin "shots" as a new method for alcohol administration in a laboratory setting

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 473-479

  Ralevski, Elizabeth ^a,b   Gueorguieva, Ralitza ^a   Limoncelli, Diana D ^a   Husain, Reema ^a   Serrita Jane, J ^a   Petrakis, Ismene ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Gelatin "Shots"; Oral Administration; Pharmacokinetics; Placebo Alcohol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GELATIN SHOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

AFFECT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BEVERAGES; BREATH TESTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CITRUS SINENSIS; DRUG CARRIERS; ETHANOL; GELATIN; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33644772240     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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