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Which is more accurate: the breathalyzer or urine test?
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Depends on for what?: In terms of knowing the level of acute intoxication - how much alcohol is in the bloodstream/brain - a breathalyzer gives you a very close approximation of the true blood alcohol concentration (although blood/serum is slightly more accurate and cannot be manipulated by patient actions like breathalyzers can). Urine tests, particularly ethyl glucuronide can however detect alcohol use days earlier.
Answered 8/26/2017
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