Determination of fatty acid ethyl esters in hair by GC-MS and application in a population of cocaine users

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1192-1195

  Politi, Lucia ^a   Mari, Francesco ^a   Furlanetto, Sandra ^a   Del Bravo, Ester ^a   Bertol, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol biomarkers; Cocaethylene; FAEE; GC MS; Hair

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; FATTY ACID ESTER; HOMOCOCAINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALIBRATION; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 78751703952     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2010.11.032     Document Type: Article

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