The influence of the body mass index (BMI) on the volume of distribution of ethanol

Forensic Science International

Volumn 243, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-78

  Maudens, Kristof E ^a   Patteet, Lisbeth ^a   van Nuijs, Alexander L N ^a   Van Broekhoven, Carine ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   Neels, Hugo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Body mass index; Ethanol; Pharmacokinetics; Volume of distribution; Widmark factor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; ADULT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; CAUCASIAN; FIRST PASS EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROPHILICITY; LIPOPHILICITY; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FLAME IONIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901049624     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.04.036     Document Type: Article

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