Detection of ethyl glucuronide in blood spotted on different surfaces

Forensic Science International

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 243-246

  Winkler, M ^a   Kaufmann, E ^a   Thoma, D ^a   Thierauf, A ^b   Weinmann, W ^d   Skopp, G ^c   Alt, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; Ion trap; LC MS; Surface materials

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959546284     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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