Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for detection of low concentrations of 21 bensodiazepines, metabolites, and analogs in urine: Method with forensic applications

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1346-1355

  Quintela, Oscar ^a,b   Sauvage, François Ludovic ^a   Charvier, Fabienne ^a   Gaulier, Jean Michel ^a   Lachâtre, Gérard ^a   Marquet, Pierre ^a  

^a LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYMIDAZOLAM; 3 HYDROXYFLUNITRAZEPAM; 4 HYDROXYMIDAZOLAM; 7 AMINOCLONAZEPAM; 7 AMINOFLUNITRAZEPAM; ALPHA HYDROXYALPRAZOLAM; ALPHA HYDROXYTRIAZOLAM; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; CLONAZEPAM; DEALKYLFLURAZEPAM; DRUG METABOLITE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; LOPRAZOLAM; LORAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NORFLUNITRAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; SEXUAL CRIME; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BENZODIAZEPINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PIPERAZINES; PYRIDINES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 33745457022     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.065631     Document Type: Article

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