Analysis and interpretation of specific ethanol metabolites, ethyl sulfate, and ethyl glucuronide in sewage effluent for the quantitative measurement of regional alcohol consumption

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1593-1599

  Reid, Malcolm J ^a   Langford, Katherine H ^a   Mørland, Jørg ^b   Thomas, Kevin V ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drug epidemiology; Ethanol biomarkers; Ethyl glucuronide; Ethyl sulfate; Sewage effluent analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; ETHYL SULFATE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ETHANOL; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 80052022245     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01505.x     Document Type: Article

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