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Alcohol and the laboratory in the United Kingdom
1Biochemistry Department, University of Guildford, Surrey, UK.
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
Reliable and rapid assays for the measurement of ethanol in breath and body fluids are now widely available. In view of the importance of alcohol abuse as a cause of a wide variety of both acute and chronic clinical conditions, hospital laboratories should be prepared to perform these assays for clinical purposes, although many will choose not to become involved in the assay of medico-legal samples.
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