Validation of an ion-trap gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric method for the determination of cocaine and metabolites and cocaethylene in post mortem whole blood

Forensic Science International

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Da Matta Chasin, Alice A ^a   Mídio, Antonio Flavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

'Post mortem' whole blood; Cocaethylene; Cocaine; Ion trap, GC MS; Metabolites; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; COCAINE DERIVATIVE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; HOMOCOCAINE; TRIFLUOROACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ESTERIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTOXICATION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0343502983     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00222-4     Document Type: Article

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