A controlled study of the time-course of breath alcohol concentration after moderate ingestion of ethanol following a social drinking session

Forensic Science International

Volumn 177, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 140-145

  Barquín, Jesús ^a,c   Luna, Juan de Dios ^b,c   Hernández, Antonio F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Instituto Andaluz Interuniversitario de Criminología Sección de Granada   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcotest 7410; Analysis; Breath; Drunk driving; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 41649103907     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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