Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 151-158 , October 2004

Fatty acid ethyl esters: markers of alcohol abuse and alcoholism

Received 15 May 2004 ,Revised 7 July 2004 ,Accepted 13 July 2004.

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