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Central nervous system tolerance to high blood alcohol levels
Author(s) -
Davis Andrew,
Lipson Anthony
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb113622.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic alcoholism , alcohol , ambulatory , blood alcohol , chronic alcoholic , alcohol and health , central nervous system , alcohol intake , physiology , emergency medicine , poison control , injury prevention , alcohol consumption , biology , biochemistry
We report blood alcohol levels for 32 ambulatory patients with chronic alcoholism. Seventeen patients (53%) had levels that exceeded 3 g/L but little clinical evidence of intoxication. The ability of a person with chronic alcoholism to tolerate high blood alcohol levels has important medical and forensic implications.