A comparison of ONTRAK TESTCUP(TM), abuscreen ONTRAK®, abuscreen ONLINE®, and GC/MS urinalysis test results

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-40

  Crouch, Dennis J ^a,b   Cheever, Matthew L ^b   Andrenyak, David M ^b   Kuntz, David J ^c   Loughmiller, David L ^c  

^a Center for Human Toxicology

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Northwest Toxicology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Forensic toxicology; GC MS; Immunoassay; On site drug testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

CANNABINOIDS; COCAINE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TOXICOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031931088     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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