Urinary ethyl glucuronide and 5-hydroxytryptophol levels during repeated ethanol ingestion in healthy human subjects

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-351

  Sarkola, Taisto ^b   Dahl, Helen ^a   Eriksson, C J Peter ^b   Helander, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHOL; ALCOHOL; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CREATININE; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIDE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; HYDROXYTRYPTOPHOL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0037676029     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agg083     Document Type: Article

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