The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate what fraction of alcohol ingested in
amounts during usual “social drinking” does not enter the systemic circulation. To that effect …

Background: The enhanced vulnerability of women to develop alcohol‐related diseases
may be due to their higher blood alcohol levels after drinking, but the mechanism for this …

The effect of aging on the distribution and elimination of ethanol was studied in a group of 50
healthy subjects ranging in age from 21 to 81 yr (mean, 53.3). Ethanol was administered in a …

OBJECTIVE--To examine the effects of cigarette smoking on alcohol absorption and gastric
emptying. DESIGN--Randomised crossover study. SETTING--Research project in …

We investigated the kinetics of ethanol and methanol in 20 dependent alcoholics (16 men
and four women) during the first 24 hr after admission to hospital for detoxification. The …

Retrospective studies suggest that there is an increased postoperative morbidity among
alcohol misusers. We have prospectively studied the risk of alcohol intake among patients …

Hospital patients (n= 17) received 0.216 mmol/min kg body weight of ethanol as an
intravenous infusion over 60 min. At fixed time intervals during and after administration, two …

We studied the effect of eating a meal on the rate of ethanol elimination (clearance) from the
blood after giving 0.4 g/kg by intravenous infusion to six female and six male volunteers. Half …

Some alcoholics have a regular daily alcohol consumption of more than 100 g. In
preliminary observations we had the impression that the claimed alcohol intake in such …

Objective: Previous cross-section studies suggested that blood ethanol concentrations
(BAC) increase with age. To establish this, and to account for putative gender differences …