Comparison of urine to sweat patch test results in court ordered testing

Forensic Science International

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-68

  Levisky, Joseph A ^a   Bowerman, David L ^a   Jenkins, Werner W ^a   Johnson, Deborah G ^a   Levisky, John S ^b   Karch, Steven B ^c  

^a El Paso County Coroner's Office   (United States)

^b YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Efficiency; False positive; Methamphetamine; Sensitivity; Specificity; Sweat patch

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SWEAT TEST; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0035888384     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(01)00443-1     Document Type: Article

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