Thanks everyone – lots of really helpful responses.
Heather
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Hi Heather,
You might like to look at http://www.ewdts.org/ewdts-guidelines.html. Whilst intended for the workplace, the guidelines are also fairly widely adopted in other sectors and, in any case, could provide a useful starting point.
Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 33–38, 2004
doi:10.1093/alcalc/agh005, available online at www.alcalc.oupjournals.org<http://www.alcalc.oupjournals.org>
CONCENTRATION OF FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTERS IN HAIR OF ALCOHOLICS:
COMPARISON TO OTHER BIOLOGICAL STATE MARKERS AND
SELF REPORTED-ETHANOL INTAKE
(www.drugtestinganalysis.com<http://www.drugtestinganalysis.com>) DOI 10.1002/dta.147
Guidelines for European workplace drug
and alcohol testing in hair
Ronald Agiusa∗ and Pascal Kintzb
Kind regards,
Simon.
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Subject: Hair alcohol
Hi,
Does anyone know if it is possible to detect past and intermittent alcohol abuse by hair analysis? Child protection issue.
Heather
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