TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1987//
TI  - Ethanol absorption after bolus ingestion of an alcoholic beverage: A medico-legal problem. Part II
JO  - Journal (Canadian Society of Forensic Science)
A1  - Dittmar, E. A.
A1  - Dorian, V.
SP  - 61
EP  - 69
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 "social" drinking preceded the bolus consumption of alcohol. It is proposed that the period of "social" 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 0008-5030
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00085030.1987.10756942
ID  - ref1
ER  -