✦ LIBER ✦
Disappearance rate of alcohol from the blood of drunk drivers calculated from two consecutive samples; What do the results really mean?
✍ Scribed by W. Neuteboom; A.W. Jones
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 641 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0379-0738
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✦ Synopsis
Based on a large material (N = 2354) of double blood specimens from drunk drivers apprehended in The Netherlands, we selected 1314 cases for further evaluation. The difference BAC2-BAC1 was used as index of alcohol elimination rate from the blood. The results ranged from below 0.10 to 0.64 mg/ml/h, with a mean of 0.22 mg/ml/h. At least about 2% of drivers were still absorbing alcohol as indicated by a rising BAC. Some likely mechanisms are discussed that might account for the wide range of alcohol elimination rates observed.