Problems of Forensic Sciences 2000 Vol. 43 (XLIII) 18-23

COMPARISON OF AN ENZYMATIC ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE ASSAY AND ALCOHOL HEADSPACE GC-FID METHOD USING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON REAL FORENSIC BLOOD AND URINE SAMPLES

Katrien M. ARYS, Jan F. VAN BOCXLAER, Willy LAMBERT, Carlos VAN PETEGHEM, Andreas DE LEENHEER
Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Streszczenie
Two independent measurement techniques to determine alcohol, Syva-Emit® and headspace GC-FID were compared using a paired sample t-test, regression analysis, and a graphical procedure. For the real forensic blood samples examined, a deviation between both methods was found in the higher but not in the lower concentration range.

Słowa kluczowe
EMIT; Gas chromatography (GC); Ethanol.

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