Cocaine Levels in Sweat Collection Patches Vary by Location of Patch Placement and Decline over Time

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 253-259

  Uemura, Naoto ^a   Nath, Rajneesh P ^a   Harkey, Martha R ^b   Henderson, Gary L ^b   Mendelson, John ^a   Jones, Reese T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DEUTERIUM; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG ABUSE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RELIABILITY; SKIN; SWEAT;

EID: 2342569685     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/28.4.253     Document Type: Article

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