Ethyl glucuronide in hair and fingernails as a long-term alcohol biomarker

Addiction

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 425-431

  Berger, Lisa ^a   Fendrich, Michael ^a   Jones, Joseph ^b   Fuhrmann, Daniel ^a   Plate, Charles ^b   Lewis, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b US Drug Testing Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol biomarkers; Alcohol drinking patterns; Ethyl glucuronide; Fingernails; Hair

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NAIL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BIOMARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; NAILS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893832027     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12402     Document Type: Article

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