The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 146, Issue 6 , Pages 824-830, June 2005

Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters: Quantitative Biomarkers for Maternal Alcohol Consumption

From the Department of Pediatrics and Department of Epidemiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; and Department of Internal Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland Hospital of Veterans Affairs, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 2 July 2004; received in revised form 3 January 2005; accepted 25 January 2005.

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 Cynthia F. Bearer, MD, PhD, currently holds a patent for the measurement of fatty acid ethyl ester in meconium. Currently, there are no business relationships based on this patent.Supported by grants from the National Institute on Environmental Health Science/National Institutes of Health/Environmental Protection Agency (P01 ES11261), Association of American Medical Colleges/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry Cooperative Agreement (MM-0122-02/02), Association of Retarded Citizens of the United States (C.F.B.), and National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01-07259; L.T.S.).

PII: S0022-3476(05)00093-4

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.01.048

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 146, Issue 6 , Pages 824-830, June 2005