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Microdialysis of Ethanol During Operant Ethanol Self-administration and Ethanol Determination by Gas Chromatography
Published on: September 5, 2012
Blood alcohol analysis: a comparison of the gas-chromatographic assay with an enzymatic assay
Abstract:
Ethanol in blood was assayed by 2 currently available procedures: a commercial kit enzymatic assay and a gas chromatographic procedure. Both methods were performed with commercially available materials and equipment. Results by the 2 procedures agreed well. For the 192 specimens studied, the correlation coefficient was 0.983, and the least-squares values of slope and intercept were 0.999 and 0.001 g/100 ml respectively. Use of isopropanol or ethanol swabs did not affect results of the enzymatic procedure.
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