Evidence of crack use by anhydroecgonine methylester identification

Human & Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-127

  Kintz, Pascal ^a   Sengler, Catherine ^b   Cirimele, Vincent ^a   Mangin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

anhydroecgonine methylester; cocaine; hair; saliva; sweat; urine

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; DRUG METABOLITE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; HOMOCOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FETUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SWEAT;

COCAINE; CRACK COCAINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMANS; NARCOTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SWEAT;

EID: 0031054391     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719701600208     Document Type: Article

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