Correlation of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentrations determined by LC-MS-MS in oral fluid and plasma from impaired drivers and evaluation of the on-site Dräger DrugTest®

Forensic Science International

Volumn 161, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 175-179

  Laloup, Marleen ^a   del Mar Ramirez Fernandez, Maria ^a   Wood, Michelle ^b   De Boeck, Gert ^a   Maes, Viviane ^c   Samyn, Nele ^a  

^a National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC)   (Belgium)

^b WATERS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Driving under the influence; Oral fluid; Plasma; Roadside drug test; THC

Indexed keywords

DRONABINOL; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAR DRIVER; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ILLICIT DRUG TEST; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SALIVA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 33746504570     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.03.033     Document Type: Article

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