GHB urine concentrations after single-dose administration in humans

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 360-364

  Haller, Christine ^a   Thai, Dung ^b   Jacob III, Peyton ^a   Dyer, Jo Ellen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33747642325     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/30.6.360     Document Type: Article

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