The Early Detection of Alcohol Consumption (EDAC) test shows better performance than gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) to detect heavy drinking in a large population of males and females

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Harasymiw, James ^a   Bean, Pamela ^b,c  

^a Alcohol Detection Services   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Assocation on Alcohol and Other Drugs of Abuse   (United States)

^c Millennium Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol screening; EDAC; Liver enzymes

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DETECTION OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION TEST; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548690352     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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