Ethyl glucuronide concentration in hair is not influenced by pigmentation

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 326-327

  Appenzeller, Brice M R ^a   Schuman, Marc ^a   Yegles, Michel ^a   Wennig, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIDE; MELANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LIPOPHILICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MELANINS;

EID: 37449028067     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agm016     Document Type: Article

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