The Abridged Wigmore on Alcohol. Courtroom Alcohol Toxicology for the Medicolegal Professional
- Publisher:
- Irwin Law Inc.
- Publication date:
- 2015-06-15
- Authors:
- James G. Wigmore
- ISBN:
- 9781552214176
Description:
Wigmore on Alcohol is the definitive sourcebook on courtroom alcohol toxicology and an indispensable tool for medical and legal practitioners. The abridged version has been developed for the non-specialist looking for up-to-date scientific evidence related to blood alcohol. It provides an exhaustive survey of the international forensic alcohol literature of over 690 articles along with expert commentary by one of North America’s leading forensic alcohol toxicologists. The detailed discussion of the literature has been condensed in order to make the book more useful and accessible to those unfamiliar with the science.
Index
- Abbreviations and explanations
- About the author
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments to the unabridged edition
- Acknowledgments to this edition
- Absorption, distribution, and elimination of alcohol
- Blood alcohol
- Breath alcohol
- Alcohol in urine, saliva, sweat, and breast milk and biomarkers of alcohol consumption
- Subject Index
- Effect of alcohol on other behaviors
- Postmortem alcohol
- Other alcohols and related compounds
- Chemical symbols and formulas
- Abstracted studies
- Author Index
- Journal Index
- Publication Year Index
- Effect of alcohol on driving ability
- Preliminary sections