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ETOH abuse is commonly said/nm

Posted By: MTGirl on 2009-04-04
In Reply to: E2H abuse? - sbMT

Subject: ETOH abuse is commonly said/nm

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Stedman's says ETOH is preferred but EtOH acceptable, awa E, ET and ETH. nm
Subject: Stedman's says ETOH is preferred but EtOH acceptable, awa E, ET and ETH. nm


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E2H abuse?
Subject: E2H abuse?

Is this the symbol for ethanol? When I searched for it I didn't pull anything...

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Subject: no - he is in rehab for substance abuse...

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ETOH
Subject: ETOH

The correct abbreviation is ETOH IEthyl Alcohol)
EtOH
Subject: EtOH

They say EtOH for ethanol/alcohol. That could be part of it.
EtOH or ETOH? sm
Subject: EtOH or ETOH? sm

In a post below some people were typing EtOH and some ETOH.  I've always typed ETOH so I checked my abbreviations book and it has it as ETOH.  Is EtOH now the correct way, are both correct, or is (heaven forbid) my book is wrong?  Thanks!
I use EtOH
Subject: I use EtOH

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ETOH
Subject: ETOH

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ETOH
Subject: ETOH

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