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How can I convert blood alcohol concentration to breath alcohol concentration? Anyone know the math formula?

Example: A drunk driver gets into an accident. He is transported to the hospital where a nurse takes his blood. Later, his blood alcohol results are determined in the lab. What is the conversion for determining what his breath alcohol concentration would have been if he submitted samples of his breath into a breathalyzer machine?

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