Ethyl glucuronide determination in meconium and hair by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Forensic Science International

Volumn 196, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 121-127

  Tarcomnicu, Isabela ^a   van Nuijs, Alexander L N ^a   Aerts, Katrien ^a   De Doncker, Mireille ^b   Covaci, Adrian ^a,c   Neels, Hugo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

^c Ecophysiology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol marker; Ethyl glucuronide; Hair; HILIC MS MS; Meconium; Solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

ETHYL GLUCURONIDE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHILICITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MECONIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 76749097614     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.043     Document Type: Article

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