Citation

Werch CE. Int. J. Addict. 1990; 25(3): 253-262.

Affiliation

University of North Florida, College of Health, Jacksonville 32216.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Marcel Dekker)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2228335

Abstract

This study examined associations among perception of intoxication, blood alcohol concentration (BAC), discriminability of internal physiological sensations, and awareness of external stimuli related to the number of drinks consumed of subjects in social drinking settings. A total of 156 randomly selected individuals consented to be interviewed as they walked by preselected drinking establishments, and afterward provided a breath sample to determine BAC. This study found that drinkers in social settings can make at least crude estimates of their level of intoxication, and that the accuracy of these estimates decreases as BAC increases.

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