A comparative study of two methods for attaining constant alcohol levels

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 674-681

  Zoethout, Remco W M ^a   Van Gerven, Joop M A ^a   Dumont, Glenn J H ^a   Paltansing, Sunita ^a   Van Burgel, Nathalie D ^a   Van Der Linden, Monique ^a   Dahan, Albert ^b   Cohen, Adam F ^a   Schoemaker, Rik C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR HUMAN DRUG RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Breath alcohol concentration; Clamping; Ethanol; Interaction studies; Intravenous infusion

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLAMP; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

EID: 55149084395     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03268.x     Document Type: Article

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