Ethanol elimination rates in men and women in consideration of the calculated liver weight

Alcohol

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 415-420

  Dettling, Andrea ^a   Fischer, Florian ^b   Böhler, Svenja ^a   Ulrichs, Fee ^b   Skopp, Gisela ^a   Graw, Matthias ^b   Haffner, Hans Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood alcohol concentration; Ethanol elimination rate; Gender differences; Liver weight

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 35148815820     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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