In Vitro Contamination of Hair by Marijuana Smoke

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 596-602

  Thorspecken, Jana ^a   Skopp, Gisela ^a,c   Pötsch, Lucia ^b  

^a Inst Rechtsmedizin V   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institute of Legal Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; DICHLOROMETHANE; DODECYL SULFATE; METHANOL; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLEACHING; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOISTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SEBUM; SMOKE; SWEAT; TIME;

CANNABINOIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 1542328934     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2003.026120     Document Type: Article

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