Determination of ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate from dried blood spots

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 769-775

  Hernández Redondo, Ana ^a   Schroeck, Alexandra ^a   Kneubuehl, Beat ^a   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol markers; Dried blood spots; Ethyl glucuronide; Ethyl sulfate; LC ESI MS MS; Method comparison

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIETHYL SULFATE; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID; SULFATE;

BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD STAIN; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD STAINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 84879883534     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0815-2     Document Type: Article

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