TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Simple versus sophisticated models of breath alcohol exhalation profiles
JO  - Alcohol and alcoholism
A1  - Lubkin, S. R.
A1  - Gullberg, Rod G.
A1  - Logan, Barry Kerr
A1  - Maini, P. K.
A1  - Murray, J. D.
SP  - 61
EP  - 67
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
N2  - For medicolegal purposes, breath alcohol content is typically determined from an end-expiratory sample. Measurements obtained by this method necessarily underestimate the alveolar breath alcohol content, and therefore underestimate the blood alcohol content. We suggest and analyse an improved paradigm which uses the entire time-series of breath alcohol measurements during exhalation, not simply the last recorded value. We present two mathematical models for the exhaling lung, and discuss the implications of each for more accurate and therefore more reliable breath alcohol measurement.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-0414
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -