The detection and quantitation of 7-aminoflunitrazepam, the major urinary metabolite of flunitrazepam, by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-192

  Feely, J ^a   Kavanagh, P V ^a   McNamara, S M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUNITRAZEPAM; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032699843     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02945851     Document Type: Article

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