Sensitivity and Specificity of Urinary Ethyl Glucuronide and Ethyl Sulfate in Liver Disease Patients

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 150-155

  Stewart, Scott H ^a   Koch, David G ^b   Burgess, Douglas M ^a   Willner, Ira R ^b   Reuben, Adrian ^b  

^a MUSC Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Biological markers; Ethyl glucuronide; Ethyl sulfate; Liver diseases

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 84871988548     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01855.x     Document Type: Article

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