Citation

Seidl S, Wurst FM, Alt A. Blutalkohol 1998; 35(3): 174-182.

Affiliation

Seidl, S., Inst. Rechtsmedizin Univ. Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, International Committee on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety and Bund gegen Alkohol und Drogen im Straßenverkehr, Publisher Steintor Verlag)

DOI

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Abstract

151 drivers who had been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and most of whom had negative expert assessments carried out by officially recognised experts were consequently referred to the department of legal medicine of the University of Ulm for further expert assessments. In addition to GGT, MCV and CDT, the concentrations of ethanol and its metabolite ethyl glucuronide (EtG) were determined in blood and serum. In 13 cases (8.6%) EtG could be detected in urine, indicating a recent ethanol intake. In one of the cases urine ethanol was found additionally. 4 of these 13 people had claimed total alcohol abstinence for several years. Thanks to the EtG analysis, this assertion was refutable.