Determination of ethyl glucuronide levels in hair for the assessment of alcohol abstinence

Forensic Science International

Volumn 232, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 229-236

  Pirro, V ^a,b   Di Corcia, D ^a   Seganti, F ^a   Salomone, A ^a   Vincenti, M ^a,b  

^a Centro Regionale Antidoping e di Tossicologia A Bertinaria   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol abstinence; Ethyl glucuronide; Hair; UHPLC MS MS

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCALP HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; HAIR; UHPLC-MS/MS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883646885     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.07.024     Document Type: Article

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