Urinary ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulphate (EtS) assessment: Valuable tools to improve verification of abstention in alcohol-dependent patients during in-patient treatment and at follow-ups

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 921-926

  Junghanns, Klaus ^a   Graf, Iris ^a   Pflüger, Juliane ^a   Wetterling, Gunnar ^a   Ziems, Christian ^a   Ehrenthal, Dieter ^a   Zöllner, Maike ^a   Dibbelt, Leif ^a   Backhaus, Jutta ^a   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^c   Wurst, Friedrich M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; EtG; Ethyl glucuronide; Ethyl sulphate; EtS; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; ETHYL SULFATE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; TEMPERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549109873     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02566.x     Document Type: Article

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