Evaluation of a new immunoassay for urinary ethyl glucuronide testing

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-48

  Böttcher, Michael ^a   Beck, Olof ^b   Helander, Anders ^b  

^a Arztpraxis fur Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Labordiagnostik   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DILUTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 37749033178     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agm153     Document Type: Article

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