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Browse source-supported forensic toxicology guides in this subject area.
Oct 20, 2026
An 11-batch dual-column gas-tight syringe HS-GC-FID study measured 3.64% expanded uncertainty at 80 mg/100 mL. See calibration, LOQ, bias and forensic limits.
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Oct 20, 2026
A 2014 whole-blood HS-GC–MS validation measured ethanol with n-propanol. See calibration, precision, storage data and forensic limits.
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Oct 20, 2026
A 13-person festival pilot found faster but less accurate Flankers responses at 0.00% breath alcohol. Examine sleep confounding, mixed tasks and forensic limits.
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Oct 20, 2026
A 1,149-sample study found far more blood EtG and PEth positives than reportable plasma ethanol. Learn matrix differences and the forensic limits.
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Oct 20, 2026
A 21-person crossover trial found different breath-estimated alcohol peaks after equal-calorie snacks. What the study cannot prove about blood BAC or impairment.
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Oct 20, 2026
A 90-person SAFE trial compared perceived sobriety and paired breath alcohol. Learn what the 39% and 53% underestimation figures do—and do not—prove in DUI cases.
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Oct 20, 2026
A two-year AUD-treatment study compared PEth with 14-day drinking diaries. Learn what a 0.22 µmol/L cutoff, sensitivity and imperfect agreement can prove.
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Oct 20, 2026
A 2025 vitreous ethanol HS-GC-FID study reported a 0.15–2.50 mg/mL range and 3.60% analytical uncertainty—not proof of antemortem BAC or impairment.
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Oct 20, 2026
A 20-person crossover study found urine metabolite changes after alcohol. Learn why sorbitol and NMR fingerprints cannot prove BAC or drinking time.
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Oct 20, 2026
A controlled alcohol study found more action slips when participants had to stop a corrective reach, despite little detected change in automatic redirection. What it does—and does not—prove.
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