Citation

Mallach HJ, Staerk M. Blutalkohol 1977; 14(3): 161-171.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1977, International Committee on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety and Bund gegen Alkohol und Drogen im Straßenverkehr, Publisher Steintor Verlag)

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Abstract

On the basis of 168 standardized drinking experiments using beer, distilled spirits (vodka), wine, and aqueous alcoholic solutions of differing concentrations (dose 0,75 g alcohol/kg body weight, duration of observation 360 min), the course of the blood alcohol curves are approximately described by two mathematical functions. These two curves differ from one another, as they are based in the case of the influx of alcohol into the intravasational space, on a constant diffusion area on the one hand and during the resorption phase on a linearly increasing diffusion area on the other hand. A comparison of the rest variances of both functions shows that beverages with higher alcohol content can be adapted better to the pattern of the test data corresponding to the function of the model of a linearly increasing diffusion area, whereas beverages with lower alcohol content do not show an essential difference between the two functions. With the aid of an example, a method for the determination of the most probable course of a blood alcohol curve is described including the safety limits which are within the space of time between alcohol intake and the drawing of blood.