Rapid spot tests for detecting the presence of adulterants in urine specimens submitted for drug testing

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 325-329

  Dasgupta, Amitava ^a   Wahed, Amer ^a   Wells, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrite; Pyridinium chlorochromate; Spot tests; Urine adulteration

Indexed keywords

CHROMIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRITE; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM IODIDE; POTASSIUM NITRITE; PYRIDINIUM CHLOROCHROMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; URINALYSIS;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRITES; POTASSIUM IODIDE; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 0036324535     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/9Q2G-6CTH-XT16-HCCC     Document Type: Article

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