The influence of blood alcohol concentrations of around 0.03% on neuropsychological functions - A double-blind, placebo-controlled investigation

Addiction Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-189

  Breitmeier, Dirk ^a   Seeland Schulze, Irina ^b   Hecker, Hartmut ^a   Schneider, Udo ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Lübbecke Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ability to drive; Alcohol effects; Legislation; Low dose of alcohol; Neuropsychological functions; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34248588220     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2007.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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