Is oral fluid analysis as accurate as urinalysis in detecting drug use in a treatment setting?

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-269

  Bennett, Gerald A ^a   Davies, Eleanor ^a   Thomas, Peter ^b  

^a DORSET HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug testing; Drug treatment; Oral fluid; Saliva; Urinalysis; Urine

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; METHADONE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL FLUID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0344009720     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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