Measurement of direct ethanol metabolites in a case of a former driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol offender, now claiming abstinence

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-239

  Wurst, Friedrich M ^a,g   Yegles, Michel ^b   Alling, Christer ^c   Aradottir, Steina ^c   Dierkes, Jutta ^d   Wiesbeck, Gerhard A ^a   Halter, Claudia C ^e   Pragst, Fritz ^f   Auwaerter, Volker ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c Department of Medical Neurochemistry ^*  (Sweden)

^d OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Direct ethanol metabolites; Driving under the influence of alcohol; Hair analysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; DISULFIRAM; FATTY ACID ESTER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLITE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONATES; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HAIR; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 42149100497     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0218-y     Document Type: Article

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