title: [Blood ethanol: analytical and forensic aspects].
abstract: An appraisal of the French legislation concerning blood alcohol level is presented with a review of all the problems resulting from the interpretation of results as well as the relationship to judicial authorities for expert biologists and hospital laboratories. Recent results concerning the gaseous exchange of ethanol at the pulmonary level give a response to the long lasting contradictory debate concerning the ratio, blood alcohol levels - ethylometry. The results of recent studies on the digestive metabolism of ethanol explain, at least partly, the great variability.
authors.affiliation: Compagnie Nationale des Biologistes et Analystes Experts (CNBE), Laboratoire de Pharmacocinétique et de Toxicologie Cliniques, Groupe Hospitalier, B.P. 24 F76083 Le Havre Cedex.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Goullé
mesh_terms: D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000097:blood*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical
chemical_list: D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D000431:Ethanol