Biochemical background of ethanol-induced cold susceptibility

Legal Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-23

  Teresiński, Grzegorz ^a   Buszewicz, Grzegorz ^a   Ma̧dro, Roman ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Hypothermia markers; Ketone bodies; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD INJURY; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHESIS; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENESIS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SHIVERING; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; THERMOGENESIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACETONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; KETONE BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 8844282615     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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