The influence of sex hormones on the elimination kinetics of ethanol

Forensic Science International

Volumn 177, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 85-89

  Dettling, A ^a   Skopp, G ^a   Graw, M ^b   Haffner, H Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethanol elimination; Gender differences; Liver weight; Progesterone; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 41649120626     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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