The detection of cocaine in hair specimens jsing micro-plate enzyme immunoassay

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 609-612

  Moore, Christine ^a   Deitermann, Dawn ^a   Lewis, Douglas ^a   Feeley, Brian ^b   Niedbala, R Sam ^b  

^a US Drug Testing Laboratories   (United States)

^b STC Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Forensic science; Forensic toxicology; Hair analysis; Micro plate enzyme immunoassay

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DETERMINATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COCAINE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREET DRUGS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032948479     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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