A comparison of five commercial immunoassays for the detection of flunitrazepam and other benzodiazepines in urine

Addiction Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-87

  Barrett, A M ^a   Walshe, K ^a   Kavanagh, P V ^b   McNamara, S M ^b   Moran, C ^c   Burdett, J ^c   Shattock, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Drug Treatment Centre Board   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG ABUSE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032998433     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13556219971885     Document Type: Article

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