Inhalation but not transdermal resorption of hand sanitizer ethanol causes positive ethyl glucuronide findings in urine

Forensic Science International

Volumn 237, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-130

  Arndt, Torsten ^a   Schröfel, Stefanie ^a   Güssregen, Brunhilde ^a   Stemmerich, Karsten ^a  

^a Bioscientia Center for Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; LC MS MS; Propyl glucuronide

Indexed keywords

2 PROPYL GLUCURONIDE; ALCOHOL; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; ETHYL SULFATE; HAND SANITIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2 PROPANOL; DIETHYL SULFATE; GLUCURONIC ACID; SULFATE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; EXPOSURE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INHALATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN ABSORPTION; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; URINE; VOLATILIZATION;

2-PROPANOL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ETHANOL; GLUCURONATES; HAND SANITIZERS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84896076997     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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