Determination of ethyl glucuronide in hair: A rapid sample pretreatment involving simultaneous milling and extraction

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-72

  Mönch, Bettina ^a   Becker, Roland ^a   Nehls, Irene ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethyl glucuronide; GC MS; Hair; Micropulverized extraction

Indexed keywords

ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GERMANY; HAIR; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GERMANY; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84891833718     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-013-0939-z     Document Type: Article

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