The Biometric Measurement of Alcohol Consumption

• Published in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 332 - 341
• Main Authors: Snell, Lawrence D., Ramchandani, Vijay A., Saba, Laura, Herion, David, Heilig, Markus, George, David T., Pridzun, Lutz, Helander, Anders, Schwandt, Melanie L., Phillips, Monte J., Hoffman, Paula L., Tabakoff, Boris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2012; Wiley
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Alcohol Consumption; Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects; Alcohol Drinking - blood; Alcoholism - blood; Alcoholism - rehabilitation; Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning; Antisocial Personality Disorder - blood; Antisocial Personality Disorder - complications; Antisocial Personality Disorder - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; Blood Cell Count; Blood Platelets - enzymology; Blood Proteins - analysis; Blotting, Western; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Humans; Liver Function Tests; Male; MAO Protein; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Monoamine Oxidase - blood; Platelets; Reference Standards; ROC Curve; Sex Characteristics; Toxicology; Transferrin - analogs & derivatives; Transferrin - analysis; Transferrin - metabolism; Young Adult; Biometrics; Consumption; Alcoholic beverage; Platelet; Biological marker; Biomarkers; Alcohol Consumption; Platelets; Protein; MAO Protein

Background:  Proper ascertainment of the history of alcohol consumption by an individual is an important component of medical diagnosis of disease and influences the implementation of appropriate treatment strategies that include prescription of medication, as well as intervention for the negative p...