DETERMINATION OF ETHYL GLUCURONIDE IN HAIR SAMPLES
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- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Alcohol and Alcoholism
- Vol. 35 (3) , 313-314
- https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/35.3.313
Abstract
Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is a non-volatile, water-soluble, stable-upon-storage, direct metabolite of ethanol and can be detected in body fluids and tissues (and also in post-mortem material) for an extended time period after the complete elimination of alcohol from the body (Alt et al., 1997; Schmitt et al., 1997; Seidl et al., 1998; Wurst et al., 1999a,b). The aim of the present Letter is to emphasize through our preliminary results that the detection of alcohol consumption that has taken place several weeks or months earlier, via the determination of EtG in hair, could be a useful forensic tool as well as for monitoring alcohol consumption of those in treatment for alcohol dependence.Keywords
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