Carbohydrate deficient transferrin in a driver's license regranting program

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-260

  Maenhout, Thomas M ^a   Baten, Guido ^b   De Buyzere, Marc L ^a   Delanghe, Joris R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Institute of Road Safety   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CALCULATION; CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84860226971     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/ags013     Document Type: Article

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