Addiction Medicine
Infant fatty acid ethyl esters may not be valid signals for maternal habits
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 27th, 2003
According to a study from the United States, "reliance on self-reported use of tobacco and intake of ethanol during pregnancy is associated with a high probability of error. Use of biological markers, or biomarkers, potentially offers a more valid method to assess exposure. Although cotinine is an established biomarker for tobacco use, there is no established biomarker for in utero ethanol exposure."
"Recent reports suggest that fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) could serve this purpose. To assess agreement between maternal self-reported tobacco use and ethanol intake during...
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