Cocaine in hair, saliva, skin swabs, and urine of cocaine users' children

Forensic Science International

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-189

  Smith, Frederick P ^a   Kidwell, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cocaine; Drug testing; Hair analysis; Passive exposure; Saliva

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SKIN; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0030604240     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(96)02035-X     Document Type: Article

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