ASPECTS OF BREATH ANALYSIS AND BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT
ASPECTEN ADEMANALYSE EN BLOEDALCOHOLGEHALTE
A quantitative physical model for the transport of alcohol in the bronchial tubes is developed. In the model a number of physiological aspects of the breath analysis are classed, from which it is expected that they influence the breath analysis. The meaning of the model is demonstrated by means of several examples. It is shown how this model can be expanded and eventually transposed in a computer model. For the experimental research a special set up for the measurement was constructed. A number of experiments is described and the results and conclusions are given. The physiological aspects of the breath analysis can influence the measured alcohol concentration. The results obtained correspond in general with the formulated model. (TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
The Hague, Netherlands 2594 AW -
Authors:
- Douma, J H
- MULDER, JAG
- Wammes, LJA
- Publication Date: 1981
Language
- Dutch
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 84 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Alcohols; Blood alcohol levels; Breath; Chemical analysis; Detection and identification; Detectors; Digital computers; Intoxication; Mathematical models; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Physiological aspects; Physiology; Simulation
- Old TRIS Terms: Breathalyzers
- ITRD Terms: 7347: Alcohol; 1542: Alcohol test; 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 1553: Blood alcohol content; 2082: Breath; 7163: Chemical analysis; 9115: Detection; 8673: Digital computer; 2231: Drunkenness; 6473: Mathematical model; 6136: Measurement; 2062: Physiology
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00379225
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Report/Paper Numbers: R-81-43 Monograph
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM