Studying alcohol elimination using the alcohol clamp method

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 286-290

  Ramchandani, Vijay A ^a   O'Connor, Sean ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol absorption; Alcohol clamp method; Alcohol elimination; Alcohol elimination rate (AER); Breath alcohol concentration (BrAC); Ethanol metabolism; Intravenous infusion; Michaelis Menten kinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

BREATH ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIGATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BREATH TESTS; CONSTRICTION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER;

EID: 34347263074     PISSN: 0090838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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