Quantification of EtG in hair, EtG and EtS in urine and PEth species in capillary dried blood spots to assess the alcohol consumption in driver's licence regranting cases

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 165, Issue , 2016, Pages 191-197

  Kummer, Natalie ^a   Wille, Sarah M R ^a   Poll, Anneleen ^b   Lambert, Willy E E ^c   Samyn, Nele ^a   Stove, Christophe P ^c  

^a National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Institute of Road Safety ^*  (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abstinence period; Alcohol monitoring; Dependence; Direct biomarkers; Driver's licence; Fitness to drive

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; ETHYLSULFATE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIETHYL SULFATE; GLUCURONIC ACID; SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DRIED BLOOD SPOT; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; BELGIUM; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKEN DRIVING; HAIR; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BELGIUM; BIOMARKERS; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 84977628141     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.06.012     Document Type: Article

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