Differences between the measured blood ethanol concentration and the estimated concentration by Widmark's equation in elderly persons

Forensic Science International

Volumn 247, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-27

  Bielefeld, Lena ^a   Auwärter, Volker ^a   Pollak, Stefan ^a   Thierauf Emberger, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood ethanol concentration; Elderly persons; Widmark's equation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; VERY ELDERLY; WIDMARK EQUATION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FLAME IONIZATION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919940741     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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