In heavy drinkers, fatty acid ethyl esters remain elevated for up to 99 hours

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-427

  Borucki, K ^a,c   Dierkes, J ^a   Wartberg, J ^b   Westphal, S ^a   Genz, A ^a   Luley, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b Haldensleben Hospital of Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Neurology   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol Intake; Biochemical Alcohol Marker; FAEEs

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID ESTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846907786     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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