title: Methanol levels in methylated spirit drinking alcoholics.
abstract: On three different occasions, blood samples sent to this laboratory from the accident and emergency department were found to contain potentially toxic amounts of methanol (30, 34 and 41 mmol/l) during analysis for ethanol by a gas chromatographic method. It is suggested that the simultaneous determination of both alcohols may be clinically important in methylated spirit drinking alcoholics.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Caldwell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000432:Methanol / Q000097:blood* / Q000506:poisoning
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D000432:Methanol