Set‐up of a population‐based model to verify alcohol abstinence via monitoring of the direct alcohol marker phosphatidylethanol 16:0/18:1.

Background and aims: Phosphatidylethanol 16:0/18:1 (PEth) is a biomarker for alcohol intake. It has a half‐life of 7.9 days. Chronic alcohol consumption causes high PEth values. It can take weeks before PEth values fall below the decision limit for 'alcohol abstinence'. Our aim was to validate wheth...

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Published in:	Addiction Vol. 117; no. 7; pp. 2108 - 2119
Main Authors:	Van Uytfanghe, Katleen, Heughebaert, Liesl, Abatih, Emmanuel, Stove, Christophe P.
Format:	algorithm research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jul2022
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