A review of the use of ethyl glucuronide as a marker for ethanol consumption in forensic and clinical medicine

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-27

  Palmer, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Analytical; Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; Forensic; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HISTORY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SYNTHESIS; URINALYSIS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL MEDICINE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 59249096912     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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