Ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate in meconium and hair-potential biomarkers of intrauterine exposure to ethanol

Forensic Science International

Volumn 196, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Morini, L ^a   Marchei, E ^b   Vagnarelli, F ^c   Garcia Algar, O ^d   Groppi, A ^a   Mastrobattista, L ^b   Pichini, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethyl glucuronide; Ethyl sulfate; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; ETHYL SULFATE; FATTY ACID ESTER; LAURIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MECONIUM; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 76549118778     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.035     Document Type: Article

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