Fetal cocaine exposure: Analysis of vernix caseosa

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 509-511

  Moore, Christine ^a   Dempsey, Delia ^b   Deitermann, Dawn ^a   Lewis, Douglas ^a   Leikin, Jerrold ^a,c  

^a US Drug Testing Laboratories   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0029848432     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/20.6.509     Document Type: Article

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