Interpretation of a highly positive ethyl glucuronide result together with negative fatty acid ethyl esters result in hair and negative blood results

Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 176-179

  Kintz, Pascal ^a   Nicholson, David ^b  

^a X Pertise Consulting   (France)

^b DNA Worldwide Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Blood; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin; Ethyl glucuronide; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Hair analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; COSMETIC; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; FATTY ACID ESTER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HAIR DYE; MYRISTIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; OLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PALMITIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PLANT EXTRACT; STEARIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL HAIR LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CUSTODY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY DRINK; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR CONTAMINATION; HAIR LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FUNCTION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 84893207572     PISSN: 18608965     EISSN: 18608973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-013-0209-2     Document Type: Article

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