Emergency Toxicology: The Evaluation of Three Analytical Methods for the Determination of Misused Alcohols
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Clinical Toxicology
- Vol. 10 (4) , 399-409
- https://doi.org/10.3109/15563657709046275
Abstract
A comparison of 3 methods used in the screening for alcohols of misuse in emergency room cases is presented. Good agreement is shown among these methods: serum osmolality, GLC and the enzymatic method for ethanol using alcohol dehydrogenase. Interfering substances observed in the enzymatic method for ethanol include n-propanol, isopropanol and ethylene glycol. Thirty cases evaluated by the above screen are presented.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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