Use of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) and a combination of GGT and CDT (GGT-CDT) to assess heavy alcohol consumption in traffic medicine

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-251

  Bianchi, Vincenza ^a   Ivaldi, Alessandra ^a   Raspagni, Alessia ^a   Arfini, Carlo ^a   Vidali, Matteo ^b,c  

^a C Arrigo Children's Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVER LICENCE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC MEDICINE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 77951927785     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agq006     Document Type: Article

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