Forensic Issues in Alcohol Testing - Hardcover

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

Edition details

• 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.