The relationship between alcohol elimination rate and increasing blood alcohol concentration-Calculated from two consecutive blood specimens

Forensic Science International

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-32

  Simic, M ^a   Tasic, M ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Novi Sad   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Alcohol elimination; Disappearance rate ( slope); Ethanol disappearance; Forensic medicine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34547773108     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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