An improved method for rapidly quantifying fatty acid ethyl esters in meconium suitable for prenatal alcohol screening

Alcohol

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-199

  Hutson, Janine R ^a,b   Rao, Chitra ^a   Fulga, Netta ^a   Aleksa, Katarina ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Biomarker; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Meconium; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FATTY ACID ESTER; LINOLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; OLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PALMITIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; STEARIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MECONIUM; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL SCREENING; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTERS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MECONIUM; NEONATAL SCREENING; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 79751526650     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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