Analytical approaches of European Union laboratories to drugs of abuse analysis

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 790-799

  Badia, Roser ^a   De La Torre, Rafael ^a   Corcione, Sergio ^a   Segura, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0031924430     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.4.790     Document Type: Article

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