The online screening technique for urinary benzodiazepines: Comparison with EMIT, FPIA, and GC-MS

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 554-557

  Beck, Olof ^a   Lin, Zhen ^a   Brodin, Kerstin ^a   Borg, Stefan ^b   Hjemdahl, Paul ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0030662286     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/21.7.554     Document Type: Article

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