Hair analysis of fatty acid ethyl esters in the detection of excessive drinking in the context of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-266

  Kulaga, Vivian ^a,b   Pragst, Fritz ^c   Fulga, Netta ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Diagnostic marker; FAEE; FASD; Prenatal alcohol exposure

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID ESTER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTER; FATTY ACID;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349126337     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e31819c33b8     Document Type: Article

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