Forensic Issues in Alcohol Testing

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4200-5445-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 154 Seiten, Format (B × H): 259 mm x 183 mm, Gewicht: 474 g

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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.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karch MD FFFLM, Steven B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Measuring Acute Alcohol Impairment, Update on Clinical and Forensic Analysis of Alcohol, Post-Mortem Alcohol — Aspects of Interpretation, Recent Advances in Biochemical Tests for Acute and Chronic Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Determination in Point of Collection Testing, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Steven B. Karch MD, FFFLM