Cocaine- and cocaethylene-creatinine clearance ratios in humans

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-43

  Bailey, David N ^a   Bessler, Jessica B ^b   Sawrey, Barbara A ^b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; COCAINE; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; HOMOCOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOASSAY; KIDNEY TUBULE EXCRETION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA HALF LIFE; SYNAPTOSOME; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TITRIMETRY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031019396     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/21.1.41     Document Type: Article

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