Pitfalls in forensic toxicology

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-44

  Richardson, T ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DRUG; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

CALIBRATION; CROSS REACTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0033969741     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0004563001901498     Document Type: Note

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