Manual for analysis of ethanol in biological liquids. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Driver and Pedestrian Research, Washington, D.C.

Some performance effects of age and low blood alcohol levels on a computerized neuropsychological test.

Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aviation Medicine, Washington, D.C.

Blood alcohol and injury in Bhutan: targeted surveillance in a national referral hospital emergency department

Bhutan is a low-middle-income country with poor roads, rapidly increasing motor vehicle use and heavy alcohol consumption. We estimated the proportion of emergency department patients presenting with injury who had positive blood alcohol. We sought to breathalyse and interview all adult patients (≥18 years) presenting with injury at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in the capital city Thimphu, from April to October 2015. Breath tests and interviews were conducted with 339 (91%) of 374 eligible adult patients. A third (34%) were alcohol-positive and 22% had blood alcohol concentrations >0.08 g/dL. The highest alcohol-positive fractions were for assault (71%), falls (31%) and traffic crashes (30%). Over a third (36%) of patients had a delay of >2 h between injury and breath test. The results underestimate blood alcohol concentrations at the time of injury so the true prevalence of pre-injury alcohol impairment is greater than our estimates suggest. Countermeasures are urgently needed, particularly roadside random breath testing and alcohol controls.

Blood alcohol levels in suicide by hanging cases in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Suicide is one of the main causes of violent death worldwide, and has become a public health issue. Since alcohol consumption is associated with the increase in the number of suicides and hanging is one of the main methods used worldwide, the present study consists of an epidemiological analysis of BACs in victims of suicide by hanging autopsied in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The objective of the present work was to establish an epidemiological profile and evaluate blood alcohol concentrations in victims of suicide by hanging in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the year of 2007. A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted by collection of secondary data from autopsy reports of victims of hanging. According to the present study, positive results for alcohol were higher in male victims, but the mean BAC was higher in women. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.

Multiple imputation of missing blood alcohol concentration (BAC) values in FARS.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Development of transit coach bonded brake lining test equipment and test procedures. Progress report. Final report.

Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Washington, D.C.

Evaluation of diagnostic analysis and test equipment for small automotive repair establishments. A report to the Congress.

Mode of access: Internet.

Results of automotive test equipment manufacturer interviews. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Methods for estimating expected blood alcohol concentration. Part II. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Workshop on in-vehicle alcohol test devices. Technical report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Methods for estimating expected blood alcohol concentration. Part 1. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Laboratory testing of Alcoscan saliva-alcohol test strips. Technical report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Driver and Pedestrian Research, Washington, D.C.

Further laboratory testing of in-vehicle alcohol test devices. Technical report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Diagnostic motor vehicle inspection demonstration projects, program engineering support. Volume 9 - appendix H: vehicle designs that facilitate or hinder inspection and repair and interchangeability and interface capability of test equipment and vehicles. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.