The combined use of the early detection of alcohol consumption (EDAC) test and carbohydrate-deficient transferrin to identify heavy drinking behaviour in males

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 349-353

  Harasymiw, Jim ^a   Bean, Pamela ^b  

^a Alcohol Detection Services   (United States)

^b Millennium Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0034942983     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/36.4.349     Document Type: Article

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