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Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access published online on May 21, 2007
Alcohol and Alcoholism, doi:10.1093/alcalc/agm016
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The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Medical Council on Alcohol.

Ethyl glucuronide concentration in hair is not influenced by pigmentation

Brice M. R. Appenzeller*, Marc Schuman, Michel Yegles and Robert Wennig

Laboratoire de Toxicologie, Centre de Recherche Public—Santé / Laboratoire National de Santé, Université du Luxembourg, Campus Limpertsberg, 162a, avenue de la Faïencerie, L-1511 Luxembourg

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed at: Laboratoire de Toxicologie, Centre de Recherche Public—Santé/Laboratoire National de Santé, Université du Luxembourg, Campus Limpertsberg, 162a, avenue de la Faïencerie, L-1511 Luxembourg. Tel.: (+352) 46 66 44 6727; Fax: (+352) 22 13 31; E-mail: brice.appenzeller{at}lns.etat.lu

Received 14 December 2006; first review notified 24 January 2007; in revised form 23 February 2007; accepted 26 January 2007


  Abstract

This work shows that the concentration of ethyl glucuronide (EtG) in hair, a marker for the evaluation of the alcohol consumption, is not influenced by the presence or absence of melanin. The results confirm that, unlike many other substances, the EtG determination in hair has not to take into account the hair colour for the correct interpretation of hair testing results.


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