Simple vs. sophisticated models of breath alcohol exhalation profiles
For medicolegal purposes, breath alcohol content is typically determined from an end-expiratory sample. Measurements obtained by this method necessarily underestimate the alveolar breath alcohol content, and therefore underestimate the blood alcohol content. We suggest and analyse an improved paradi...
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| author | Lubkin, S Gullberg, R Logan, B Maini, P Murray, J |
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| description | For medicolegal purposes, breath alcohol content is typically determined from an end-expiratory sample. Measurements obtained by this method necessarily underestimate the alveolar breath alcohol content, and therefore underestimate the blood alcohol content. We suggest and analyse an improved paradigm which uses the entire time-series of breath alcohol measurements during exhalation, not simply the last recorded value. We present two mathematical models for the exhaling lung, and discuss the implications of each for more accurate and therefore more reliable breath alcohol measurement. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7fc7f9cc-7504-415f-b3e7-8920a14cdcc82022-03-26T21:19:05ZSimple vs. sophisticated models of breath alcohol exhalation profilesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7fc7f9cc-7504-415f-b3e7-8920a14cdcc8Mathematical Institute - ePrints1996Lubkin, SGullberg, RLogan, BMaini, PMurray, JFor medicolegal purposes, breath alcohol content is typically determined from an end-expiratory sample. Measurements obtained by this method necessarily underestimate the alveolar breath alcohol content, and therefore underestimate the blood alcohol content. We suggest and analyse an improved paradigm which uses the entire time-series of breath alcohol measurements during exhalation, not simply the last recorded value. We present two mathematical models for the exhaling lung, and discuss the implications of each for more accurate and therefore more reliable breath alcohol measurement. |
| spellingShingle | Lubkin, S Gullberg, R Logan, B Maini, P Murray, J Simple vs. sophisticated models of breath alcohol exhalation profiles |
| title | Simple vs. sophisticated models of breath alcohol exhalation profiles |
| title_full | Simple vs. sophisticated models of breath alcohol exhalation profiles |
| title_fullStr | Simple vs. sophisticated models of breath alcohol exhalation profiles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simple vs. sophisticated models of breath alcohol exhalation profiles |
| title_short | Simple vs. sophisticated models of breath alcohol exhalation profiles |
| title_sort | simple vs sophisticated models of breath alcohol exhalation profiles |
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