Background Alcohol‐related disorders are common, expensive in their course, and often
underdiagnosed. To facilitate early diagnosis and therapy of alcohol‐related disorders and …

Abstract Background Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is a minor alcohol metabolite that has been
proposed as a stable marker in hair to detect and quantify alcohol consumption over long …

Alcohol is the most popular legal drug used in our society today, and its consumption by
pregnant women remains an important public health problem. Gestational alcohol …

Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is a minor, non-oxidative ethanol metabolite that can be detected in
several matrices (eg blood, urine, hair, meconium) for variable periods of time. Quantification …

Direct and indirect biomarkers are widely applied for the determination of alcohol
consumption. They help to assess past or present alcohol consumption. Depending on the …

The increasing role of hair analysis in forensic toxicological investigations principally owes
to recent improvements of mass spectrometric instrumentation. Research achievements …

Abstract Background In Belgium, the analysis of indirect biomarkers such as carbohydrate
deficient transferrin (CDT%), gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), aspartate …

Alcohol abuse is a common problem in society; however, the technical capabilities of
evaluating individual alcohol consumption using objective biomarkers are rather limited at …

Monitoring of alcohol consumption by living persons takes place in various contexts,
amongst which workplace drug testing, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving licence …

Abstract Background & Aims Prior to listing patients for Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT)
an abstention period of 6 months is required. Ethyl glucuronide in the hair is a new reliable …