Hair Ethyl glucuronide is highly sensitive and specific for detecting moderate-to-heavy drinking in patients with liver disease

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-87

  Stewart, Scott ^a   Koch, David ^b   Willner, Ira ^b   Randall, Patrick ^b   Reuben, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYL GLUCURONIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84871596030     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/ags109     Document Type: Article

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