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Ethyl glucuronide in human hair

Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is considered to be a promising candidate marker of alcohol consumption, but exhibits a short window of detection in blood or urine. Keratinized tissues are known to retain foreign substances and to provide a greater retrospective window of detection than body fluids. Therefo...

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Hauptverfasser: Skopp, Gisela (VerfasserIn) , Schmitt, Georg (VerfasserIn) , Pötsch-Schneider, Lucia Edeltraud (VerfasserIn) , Drönner, Peter (VerfasserIn) , Aderjan, Rolf (VerfasserIn) , Mattern, Rainer (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 01 May 2000
In: Alcohol and alcoholism
Year: 2000, Jahrgang: 35, Heft: 3, Pages: 283-285
ISSN:1464-3502
DOI:10.1093/alcalc/35.3.283
Online-Zugang:Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/35.3.283
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/35/3/283/208922
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Verfasserangaben:Gisela Skopp, Georg Schmitt, Lucia Pötsch, Peter Drönner, Rolf Aderjan and Rainer Mattern
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Zusammenfassung:Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is considered to be a promising candidate marker of alcohol consumption, but exhibits a short window of detection in blood or urine. Keratinized tissues are known to retain foreign substances and to provide a greater retrospective window of detection than body fluids. Therefore, post-mortem hair, skin swabs, and stratum corneum samples were collected from four subjects with a reported history of alcohol misuse and from seven subjects with a report of regular, socially accepted drinking behaviour, and were investigated for EtG. Additionally, certain specimens were collected from three children, who had not yet consumed any alcoholic beverages. EtG was detectable in most of the hair and stratum corneum samples as well as in perspiration stains from alcohol-consuming subjects. The results indicated that EtG might be formed locally in very small and highly variable amounts. The most important finding was that EtG cannot be expected to be generally detectable in keratinized tissues or perspiration stains from alcohol-drinking subjects, whereas a positive result is always associated with recent alcohol consumption.
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ISSN:1464-3502
DOI:10.1093/alcalc/35.3.283

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