Windows of detection of tetrazepam in urine, oral fluid, beard, and hair, with a special focus on drug-facilitated crimes

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 565-570

  Concheiro, Marta ^a   Villain, Marion ^b   Bouchet, Stéphane ^c   Ludes, Bertrand ^c   López Rivadulla, Manuel ^a   Kintz, Pascal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Laboratoire ChemTox   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

Author keywords

Beard; Drug facilitated sexual assault; Hair; Oral fluid; Tetrazepam; Urine

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHER; SEDATIVE AGENT; TETRAZEPAM;

ADULT; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEDATION; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; SALIVA; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 26444545617     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ftd.0000164610.14808.45     Document Type: Article

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