Microwave assisted extraction for the determination of ethyl glucuronide in urine by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 773-778

  Freire, Iván Álvarez ^a   Barrera, Ana María Bermejo ^a   Silva, Purificación Cid ^a   Duque, María Jesús Tabernero ^a   Gómez, Purificación Fernández ^a   Eijo, Patricia López ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethyl glucuronide; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Microwave assisted extraction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHYLGLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; ION MONITORING; LINEAR SYSTEM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CALIBRATION; ETHANOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROWAVES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 49649114770     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1338     Document Type: Article

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