Using hair analysis to monitor abstinence in patients on a methadone treatment programme;Analiza włosów w kontroli abstynencji pacjentów programu metadonowego

Problems of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue , 2002, Pages 17-34

  Stanaszeki, Roman ^a   Piekoszewski, Wojciech ^a,b   Karakiewicz, Beata ^c   Kozielec, Tadeusz ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Hair; Methadone Treatment Programme; Opiates

Indexed keywords

'POLISH HEROIN'; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 METHOXYAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CODEINE; EPHEDRINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; N ETHYL 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT MONITORING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037998151     PISSN: 12307483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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