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R Peleg

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PubMed1997

[Drinking and driving].

A worrisome connection between driving and drinking was found in 166 people randomly surveyed in public places in Beer Sheba. 80% of the study population stated that they drink alcoholic beverages. Of these, 45% reported drinking at least once a week, and 21% drank 3 glasses/cans at each drinking bout. We noted a trend among those who drank frequently to drink greater amounts. Of the sample, 110 interviewees stated that they had a driver's license and that they drank alcoholic drinks. 39% reported driving after a number of alcoholic drinks, and 23% of them did so invariably or frequently. 5% drank while driving. The drinkers exhibited a high-risk behavioral pattern, remaining in the car with friends (53%) or relatives (16%) also under the influence of alcohol. Those who are aware of the influence of alcohol on their driving skills and the danger of being involved in car accidents, moderate their consumption of alcohol. The results of the study confirm our hypothesis that there is an upswing in the phenomenon of high-risk driving connected with drinking alcoholic beverages.

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PubMed1996

Hiccup.

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PubMed1982

Rate-limiting step in the metabolism of polar and non-polar monoamines in lung and liver.

1 Uptake of the non-hydroxylated amines, [14C]-tryptamine and [14C]-benzylamine in rat lung, infused through the pulmonary circulation, was not saturable over the concentration range 2.5-1,000 microM. 2 The kinetic constants for deamination of a variety of hydroxylated and non-hydroxylated monoamines in liver, perfused via the portal circulation, with monoamine oxidase activity in homogenates of liver were similar. 3 In lung, uptake of both [14C]-tryptamine and [14C]-benzylamine was inhibited by the monoamine oxidase inhibitor deprenyl and competition occurred between tryptamine, benzylamine and beta-phenylethylamine for uptake. 4 These results indicate that tryptamine and benzylamine metabolism in lung is not limited by uptake, unlike that of the hydroxylated amines 5-hydroxytryptamine and noradrenaline and that uptake resembles that of beta-phenylethylamine in lung. 5 the selectivity of the lung in handling monoamines is not shown by the liver, suggesting that lung has a specific role in clearing certain biogenic monoamines.

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