An evaluation of the Cozart® RapiScan system as an on-site screening tool for drugs of abuse in a non-conventional biological matrix: Vitreous humor

Forensic Science International

Volumn 156, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 102-105

  Fucci, N ^a   De Giovanni, N ^a   De Giorgio, F ^a   Liddi, R ^b   Chiarotti, M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Cozart Bioscience Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cozart RapiScan system; Drugs of abuse; On site; Vitreous humor

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIHYDROCODEINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; OPIATE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VITREOUS BODY; ADDICTION; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

BENZODIAZEPINES; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 30344470193     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.12.023     Document Type: Article

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