Samenvatting
Blood alcohol levels can only be estimated from breath measurements when the blood-breath distribution coefficient of alcohol is determined and reproducible. The present study is chiefly concerned in determining the relation between arterial, venous and lung tissue alcohol levels at various times during and after infusion of ethanol at different rates. It will be demonstrated that the ethanol content in lung tissue in the breath cannot always be compared with the ethanol content of more commonly taken venous samples.