Stability of phosphatidylethanol species in spiked and authentic whole blood and matching dried blood spots

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 603-610

  Faller, Andrea ^a   Richter, Barbara ^b   Kluge, Matthias ^b   Koenig, Patrick ^c   Seitz, H K ^c   Skopp, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Psychiatric Center Nordbaden   (Germany)

^c Krankenhaus Salem   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dried blood spots; LC MS MS; Phosphatidylethanol; Stability; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EDETIC ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; HEPARIN; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOL;

ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD; BLOOD STAIN; BLOOD STORAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ALCOHOLISM; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD STAINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; EDETIC ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84877874770     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0799-y     Document Type: Article

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