Low-alcohol beers: Contribution to blood-ethanol concentration and its elevation above the UK legal limit after 'topping-up'

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-408

  Badawy, Abdulla A B ^a   Morgan, Christopher J ^b   Thomas, Roger ^c  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c Caswell Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AREA UNDER CURVE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BEER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; EATING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650314953     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agp017     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Badawy AA-B, Aliyu SU. (1984) Antagonism of acute alcohol intoxication by naloxone. Alcohol Alcohol 19:199-201.
2. Badawy AA-B, Morgan CJ, Thomas DR et al. (1987) The acute effects of ethanol on the serum concentrations of tryptophan and other constituents in fasting normal male volunteers. Ann Clin Biochem 24(Suppl 1):63-5.
3. Baselt RC. ed (1981) Principles and Applications of Medicolegal Alcohol Determinations (Translation of Widmark's 1932 Monograph). Foster City, CA: Biomedical Publications.
4. Carpenter JR, Rees JMH, Kenna J et al. (1991) Blood alcohol concentrations after low-alcohol beers. Br J Pharmacol 104 438P.
5. Drewitt PN, Somerset SM, Butterworth KR et al. (1992) A comparison of blood alcohol responses to 'topping-up' with beers with various alcohol contents. Alcohol Alcohol 27(Suppl 1):45.
6. Jones AW. (1993) Disappearance rate of ethanol from the blood in human subjects: Implications in forensic toxicology. J Forensic Sci 38:104-18.
7. Jones AW. (2003) Disposition and fate of ethanol in the body. In Garriott JC (ed). Medical-Legal Aspects of Alcohol, 4th edn, Chapter 3. Tucson, AZ: Lawyers & Judges Publishing, 47-112.
8. Jones AW, Jönsson K-Å. (1994) Food-induced lowering of blood-ethanol profiles and increased rate of elimination immediately after a meal. J Forensic Sci 39:1084-93.
9. Karsten FJ. (1989) Low-alcohol drinks. Letter to the Editor. The Times Newspaper 31 August: P. 11.
10. Sigma Chemical Company. Sigma Technical Bulletin No 332-UV, (1982).
11. Ward RJ, Macpherson AJS, Peek J et al. (1991) The 'topping-up' effect: Differences between low- and non-alcoholic lager on blood ethanol. Alcohol Alcohol 26:399-402.
12. Widmark EMP. (1932) Die theoretischen Grundlagen und die praktische Verwendbarkeit der gerichtlich-medizinischen Alkoholbestimmung. Berlin: Urban & Schwarzenber.