Comparison of direct and indirect alcohol markers with PEth in blood and urine in alcohol dependent inpatients during detoxication

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 761-768

  Winkler, M ^a   Skopp, G ^b   Alt, A ^a   Miltner, E ^a   Jochum, Th ^c   Daenhardt, C ^d   Sporkert, F ^e   Gnann, H ^f   Weinmann, W ^g   Thierauf, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c SRH Wald Klinikum Gera   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption markers; Correlation; Decrease during abstinence; Phosphatidyl ethanol

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; CREATININE; DIETHYL SULFATE; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; METHANOL; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOL; SULFATE; TRANSFERRIN; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; URINE; ARTICLE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CREATININE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONATES; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HUMANS; METHANOL; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84879890344     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0812-5     Document Type: Article

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