Ethyl glucuronide determination: Head hair versus non-head hair

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-66

  Kerekes, Isabelle ^a   Yegles, Michel ^a   Grimm, Ulfert ^b   Wennig, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIDE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STANDARD;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FACE; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HEAD; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; SCALP; SWEAT;

EID: 58149120892     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agn096     Document Type: Article

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