Evaluation of cocaine use during pregnancy through toxicological analysis of hair

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 555-559

  Chiarotti, Marcello ^a   Strano Rossi, Sabina ^a   Offidani, Caterina ^a   Fiori, Angelo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0029840875     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/20.7.555     Document Type: Article

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