BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS AFTER CONSUMING BEERS OR TABLE WINE WITH A MEAL AND FROM EATING CANDY WITH ALCOHOL CONTENT

BLODALKOHOLKONCENTRATIONER EFTER KONSUMTION AV LAETTOEL, FOLKOEL, STARKOEL OCH VIN I SAMBAND MED MAALTID SAMT AV GODSAKER MED ALKOHOLINNEHAALL

The aim was to study blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) from consumption of: 1) beers and table wine with a lunch meal and 2) candy containing alcohol. Siemens alcomat, a breath testing instrument, calibrated with a blood/breath ratio of 2,100/1, was used for the BAC measurements. 22 test subjects were enrolled in the study; 10 women with body weight 50-68 kg and 12 men with body weight 69-105 kg. A bottle (33 cl) of light beer (alcohol content by weight 1.8%) caused no measurable BAC in any of the test subjects. A bottle of beer with alcohol content by weight 2,8% gave measurable BAC in one test subject; 0.007%. Consumption of a bottle of strong beer (alcohol content by weight 4.5%) or 18.75 cl of table wine (alcohol content by volume 11.5% = alcohol content by weight 9.2%), both gave measurable BAC in 13 test subjects. Highest individual BAC was 0.020% for strong beer and 0.022% for table wine. Individual BAC values were clearly related to body weight, especially in the strong beer condition. Eating candy (maximum amount of alcohol comparable to 21 cl of light beer) gave measurable values for about half of the test subjects, but only immediately after intake, not a few minutes later. No alcohol content in blood was thus demonstrated in this condition. The maximum BAC values presented here, and in an earlier study where the same alcomat was used (toernros & laurell, 1987), have been found to be somewhat too low and should be multiplied with a factor of about 1.13 in order to correspond as well as possible with venous BAC (mg/ml). This disrepancy is totally attributable to the blood/breath ratio of the alcomat.

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  Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute

  Drottning Kristinas Vaeg 25
  S-11428 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Toernros, J
  • Laurell, H
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Pagination: 20 p.
• Serial:
  • VTI MEDDELANDE
  • Issue Number: 585
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6049

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blood alcohol levels; Females; Human beings; Intoxication; Measurement; Tests
• Subject Areas: Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498233
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM