Testing for ethanol markers in hair: Discrepancies after simultaneous quantification of ethyl glucuronide and fatty acid ethyl esters

Forensic Science International

Volumn 243, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-46

  Kintz, P ^a   Nicholson, D ^b  

^a X Pertise Consulting   (France)

^b DNA Worldwide Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Ethyl glucuronide; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Hair analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; FATTY ACID ESTER; MYRISTIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; OLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PALMITIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; STEARIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COSMETIC; ESTER; FATTY ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CHEMISTRY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HAIR; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHILIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900310918     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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