Determination of mouth alcohol using the Dräger Evidential Portable Alcohol System

Science and Justice

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-23

  Fessler, Chancy C ^a   Tulleners, Frederic A ^a   Howitt, David G ^a   Richards, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcotest; Breath; Ethanol; Mouth

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BEER; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DRIVER; EVIDENTIAL PORTABLE ALCOHOL SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOUTH; MOUTHWASH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWALLOWING; SYRUP; VODKA; WINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BREATH TESTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MOUTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44449179792     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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