Determination of direct alcohol markers: A review

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 407, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 4907-4925

  Cabarcos, Pamela ^a   Álvarez, Iván ^a   Tabernero, María Jesús ^a   Bermejo, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersive liquid liquid microextraction; Ethyl glucuronide; Fatty acid ethyl ester; GC MS; LC ESI MS MS; Phosphatidylethanol

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; ETHANOL;

DISPERSIVE LIQUID-LIQUID MICROEXTRACTION; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; FATTY ACID ETHYL ESTER; GC-MS; LC-ESI-MS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOL;

FATTY ACIDS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTER; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; FATTY ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOL;

ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HAIR; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; URINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOMARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; GLUCURONATES; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIQUID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84938061997     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-015-8701-7     Document Type: Review

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