@article{ref1,
title="Ethanol absorption after bolus ingestion of an alcoholic beverage: A medico-legal problem. Part II",
journal="Journal (Canadian Society of Forensic Science)",
year="1987",
author="Dittmar, E. A. and Dorian, V.",
volume="20",
number="2",
pages="61-69",
abstract="Subjects consumed 0.28 g/kg (females) or 0.33 g/kg (males) of 40% v/v diluted pure ethanol during a forty-minute period. Blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) were determined by breath samples introduced into Borkenstein Breathalyzers. When a constant BAC was maintained for at least fifteen minutes (approximately one hour after the end of drinking), the subjects consumed a further 0.86 g/kg (females) or 1.00 g/kg (males) of 40% v/v diluted pure ethanol within five minutes. The data were compared with data from subjects in the postabsorptive state who consumed only 40% v/v diluted pure ethanol within five minutes. The time to the maximum BAC and the length of the plateau were shorter when a period of &quot;social&quot; drinking preceded the bolus consumption of alcohol. It is proposed that the period of &quot;social&quot; drinking increased the permeability of the gastric mucosa to H+ ions to such an extent that the enterogastric inhibitory reflex was diminished. This would facilitate gastric emptying and result in increased rates of alcohol absorption.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0008-5030",
doi="10.1080/00085030.1987.10756942",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00085030.1987.10756942"
}