Autobrewing revisited: Endogenous concentrations of blood ethanol in residents of the United Arab Emirates

Endogenous ethanol concentrations in blood were determined by sensitive headspace gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in 1557 residents of the United Arab Emirates. The subjects were from 13 nationalities, of both sexes and of different age groups. There was no significant difference in blood ethan...

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Published inScience & justice Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 149 - 152
Main Authors Al-Awadhi, A., Wasfi, I.A., Al Reyami, F., Al-Hatali, Z.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.07.2004
Subjects
Adult
Age Factors
Alcohol Drinking - blood
Alcohol Drinking - legislation & jurisprudence
autobrewing
blood ethanol
endogenous
Ethanol - blood
Female
Forensic science
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Humans
Male
Reference Values
Statistics, Nonparametric
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
endogenous
United Arab Emirates
Forensic science
blood ethanol
autobrewing
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Summary:Endogenous ethanol concentrations in blood were determined by sensitive headspace gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in 1557 residents of the United Arab Emirates. The subjects were from 13 nationalities, of both sexes and of different age groups. There was no significant difference in blood ethanol concentration between nationalities or between sexes within and between nationalities. The data was pooled and the overall median, minimum, maximum, 25% percentile and 75% percentile were 0.04, 0.00, 3.52, 0.01 and 0.09 mg/dl respectively. The values of blood ethanol concentration as reported in this study indicate that they are far too low to have any forensic significance.
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ISSN:1355-0306
1876-4452
DOI:10.1016/S1355-0306(04)71707-4