Point-of-care testing for drugs of abuse in an urban emergency department

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 383-386

  Mastrovitch, Todd A ^a   Bithoney, William G ^a   DeBari, Vincent A ^a   Gold, Nina A ^a  

^a MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision analysis; Drugs of abuse; Point of care testing

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SCREENING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 0036755537     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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