Influence of repeated permanent coloring and bleaching on ethyl glucuronide concentrations in hair from alcohol-dependent patients

Forensic Science International

Volumn 247, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-22

  Crunelle, Cleo L ^a   Yegles, Michel ^b   De Doncker, Mireille ^c   Dom, Geert ^a   Cappelle, Delphine ^a   Maudens, Kristof E ^a   van Nuijs, Alexander L N ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   Neels, Hugo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^c Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol marker; Alcoholism; Bleaching; Coloring; EtG; Ethyl glucuronide

Indexed keywords

ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCURONIC ACID; HAIR DYE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; CHEMISTRY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HAIR; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HAIR DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

EID: 84919903997     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.11.023     Document Type: Article

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