Detection of recent ethanol intake with new markers: Comparison of fatty acid ethyl esters in serum and of ethyl glucuronide and the ratio of 5-hydroxytryptophol to 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid in urine

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 781-787

  Borucki, K ^a   Schreiner, R ^b   Dierkes, J ^a   Jachau, K ^a   Krause, D ^a   Westphal, S ^a   Wurst, F M ^c   Luley, C ^a   Schmidt Gayk, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b Limbach Laboratory   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; FATTY ACID ESTER; GLUCURONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HYDROXYTRYPTOPHOL; MALE; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 18844384624     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000164372.67018.EA     Document Type: Article

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