Hair ethyl glucuronide as a biomarker of alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent patients: Role of gender differences

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 141, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-166

  Crunelle, Cleo L ^a   Cappelle, Delphine ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   van Nuijs, Alexander L N ^a   Maudens, Kristof E ^a   Sabbe, Bernard ^a   Dom, Geert ^a   Michielsen, Peter ^b   Yegles, Michel ^c   Neels, Hugo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^d Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol biomarker; Alcohol dependence; Ethyl glucuronide; Gender; Hair

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HAIR; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84903118245     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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