Cocaethylene as a hair biomarker to predict heavy alcohol exposure among cocaine users

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Natekar, Aniket ^a,b   Matok, Ilan ^a,c   Walasek, Paula ^a   Rao, Chitra ^a   Clare Fasullo, Georgina ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzoylegconine; Biomarker; Cocaethylene; Cocaine; FAEE; Hair testing; High risk population

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; FATTY ACID ESTER; HOMOCOCAINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCALP HAIR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HAIR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COCAINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84875351098     PISSN: 17106222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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