Urine fingerprinting: Detection of sample tampering in an opiate dependency program

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-250

  Kapur, Bhushan ^a,c   Hershkop, Sheldon ^d   Koren, Gideon ^d   Gaughan, Victor ^b  

^a Med Chem Health Care Ltd   (Canada)

^b MNI Systems Corporation   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Opiate dependency programs; Sample tampering; Urine fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; OPIATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FRAUD; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; URINE;

EID: 0032951739     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-199904000-00017     Document Type: Article

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