Forensic Issues in Alcohol Testing - Hardcover

 
9781420054453: Forensic Issues in Alcohol Testing
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1420054457 ISBN 13: 9781420054453
Publisher: CRC Press, 2007

Synopsis

Extracted from the Drug Abuse Handbook, 2nd edition, to give you just the information you need at an affordable price.

Forensic Issues in Alcohol Testing offers concise and focused information specific to the interests of forensic scientists and clinical and forensic toxicologists. It analyzes the acute effects of alcohol intoxication and the methods by which investigators can measure alcohol concentration in blood, urine, and breath. It considers extenuating circumstances affecting acute impairment by detailing the disposition and fate of alcohol in the body as well as the factors influencing absorption, distribution, and elimination. Specific chapters address difficulties in measuring and interpreting post-mortem alcohol concentrations due to poor quality of specimen, sampling site differences, and post-mortem diffusion or synthesis. Recent advances in biochemical testing make it possible to quantitate chronic alcohol ingestion, and the book analyzes the efficacy of these tests as evaluators of dependence or potential for dependence.

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About the Author

Steven B. Karch MD, FFFLM

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Publisher
CRC Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1420054457
ISBN 13 
9781420054453
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
154
Editor
Karch MD FFFLM Steven B.