Confirmatory analysis of ethylglucuronide in urine by liquid- chromatography/electrospray ionization/tandem mass spectrometry according to forensic guidelines

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-193

  Weinmann, Wolfgang ^a   Schaefer, Patrick ^a   Thierauf, Annette ^a   Schreiber, André ^b   Wurst, Friedrich Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Applied Biosystems   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; TOXICITY;

DRUG TESTING; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BETA DEXTRO ETHYLGLUCURONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0842288855     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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