Determination of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) and ethyl glucuronide (EtG) in hair: A promising way for retrospective detection of alcohol abuse during pregnancy?

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-263

  Pragst, Fritz ^a   Yegles, Michel ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Alcohol markers in hair; Ethyl glucuronide in hair; Fatty acid ethyl esters in hair; Fetal alcohol syndrome

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID ESTER; GLUCURONIDE; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PALMITIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; STEARIC ACID;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 42049121446     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e318167d602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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