Clinical utilization of the neonatal hair test for cocaine: A four-year experience in toronto

Neonatology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 345-351

  Ursitti, Franca ^a,b   Klein, Julia ^a,b   Koren, Gideon ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Drug exposure; Hair analysis; Neonate

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DRUG ABUSE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; URINALYSIS;

COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION TREES; DRUG RESIDUES; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0030771608     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000244504     Document Type: Article

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