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A 44-year-old female asked:

I stopped drinking a couple of months ago got to have a hair strand test will it show up previous alcohol consumption?

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Dr. Stevan Cordasanswered

Internal Medicine 59 years experience

Alcohol and hair: http://www.soht.org/pdf/proposal+for+alcohol+markers+_rome+and+sevilla_.pdf this is the latest recommendation from the hair experts.

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