A new method for quantifying prenatal exposure to ethanol by microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) of meconium followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-155

  Cabarcos, Pamela ^a   Tabernero, María Jesús ^a   Álvarez, Iván ^a   Miguez, Martha ^a   Fernández, Purificación ^a   Bermejo, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fatty acid ethyl esters; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Meconium; Microwave assisted extraction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTES; CALIBRATION CURVES; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; DEUTERATED ANALOGUE; ETHANOL CONSUMPTION; ETHYL MYRISTATE; ETHYL PALMITATE; FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTER; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INTERNAL STANDARDS; LEARNING DISABILITIES; LIMITS OF DETECTION; MECONIUM; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED EXTRACTION; NON-OXIDATIVE; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SKIN SURFACES; SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES; VALIDATED METHODS;

BIOSENSORS; BLOOD; DEUTERIUM; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OBSTETRICS; TISSUE;

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MECONIUM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MECONIUM; MICROWAVES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84865590349     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6108-2     Document Type: Article

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