This paper presents the current state of the art in human hair analysis for the detection of
organic pollutants associated with environmental and occupational exposure. The different …

Background Alcohol‐related disorders are common, expensive in their course, and often
underdiagnosed. To facilitate early diagnosis and therapy of alcohol‐related disorders and …

Background A growing body of evidence suggests that prenatal exposure to pesticides
might impair fetal development. Nonetheless, knowledge about pesticide exposure of …

Abstract Background Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is a minor alcohol metabolite that has been
proposed as a stable marker in hair to detect and quantify alcohol consumption over long …

Urine and plasma have been used to date for the biomonitoring of exposure to pollutants
and are still the preferred fluids for this purpose; however, these fluids mainly provide …

Ethanol is a widely used psychoactive drug whose chronic abuse is associated with organ
dysfunction and disease. Although the prevalent metabolic fate of ethanol in the human …

Alcohol is the most popular legal drug used in our society today, and its consumption by
pregnant women remains an important public health problem. Gestational alcohol …

Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is a minor, non-oxidative ethanol metabolite that can be detected in
several matrices (eg blood, urine, hair, meconium) for variable periods of time. Quantification …

Abstract Background Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) in hair has emerged as a useful biomarker for
detecting alcohol abuse and monitoring abstinence. However, there is a need to establish a …

The overall objectives of the study were to develop a sensitive method for ethyl glucuronide
(EtG) determination in hair and then investigate if a low or moderate intake of ethanol could …