Ethylglucuronide as a biomarker for ethanol detection

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 769-781

  Kissack, Julie C ^a   Bishop, Jaime ^b   Leatherwood Roper, Amber ^c  

^a HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kroger Pharmacy   (United States)

^c CVS Caremark   (United States)

Author keywords

EtG; Ethanol; Ethyl alcohol; Ethylglucuronide; Toxicology; Urine drug screens

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DISULFIRAM; ETHYLGLUCURONIDE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METABOLITE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SHORT SURVEY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ETHANOL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS;

EID: 47149087864     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.28.6.769     Document Type: Short Survey

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