Ethyl alcohol: Blood levels and performance decrements after oral administration to man

✍ Scribed by Frederick R. Sidell; John E. Pless

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 791 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0033-3158
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00401941

✦ Synopsis

Twenty-six healthy young male subjects drank ethyl alcohol (diluted in orange juice) in doses ranging from 0.5--2.0 ml/kg (0.4--1.6 g/kg). Levels of performance on three measures correlated well with dose and blood alcohol levels and decline of effects paralleled the fall in blood levels. The greatest decrement in performance was on the test requiring hand-eye coordination; lesser decrements were produced on tests of cognitive ability.