Determination of ketone bodies in blood by headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 549-554

  Holm, Karen Marie Dollerup ^a   Linnet, Kristian ^a   Rasmussen, Brian Schou ^a   Pedersen, Anders Just ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; ACETONE;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; HEADSPACE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 79954614849     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/34.9.549     Document Type: Article

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