IS IT POSSIBLE TO SUBSTITUTE THE BLOOD-ALCOHOL ANALYSIS BY DETERMINING THE ETHANOL IN BREATH?

A brief survey about the modern possibilities of determining the proportion of alcohol in breath is given. Though there is no doubt about the accuracy of the analysis of breath-alcohol, there are important deviations between these two data, so that the correlation is limited. The relationship between the results of the experiments and the legal claim to safety of the proof provided in the Federal Republic of Germany is discussed. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings, Volume II, 8th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, June 15-19, 1980, Stockholm.
• Corporate Authors:

  Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

  Medicinska Fakulteten
  Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Schmutte, P
• Conference:
  • Proceedings, Volume II, 8th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, June 15-19, 1980, Stockholm.
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 780-784

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Alcohols; Blood alcohol levels; Conferences; Correlation analysis; Ethanol; Evaluation and assessment; Legal factors; Test procedures
• ITRD Terms: 1542: Alcohol test; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 8525: Conference; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 6288: Test method
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361245
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Report/Paper Numbers: REPORT
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1982 12:00AM