Artificial sweeteners, caffeine, and alcohol intoxication in bar patrons

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1891-1896

  Rossheim, Matthew E ^a   Thombs, Dennis L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial sweeteners; Bar patrons; Breath alcohol concentration; Caffeine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COLA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BEVERAGES; BREATH TESTS; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENERGY DRINKS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 80053277598     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01534.x     Document Type: Article

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