Hair analysis for drug detection

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 442-446

  Kintz, Pascal ^a   Villain, Marion ^a   Cirimele, Vincent ^a  

^a Laboratoire ChemTox   (France)

Author keywords

Addiction; Analysis; Drug; Hair; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; LYSERGIDE; METHADONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NICOTINE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PROMAZINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANALYTIC METHOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID; DOPING; DRIVER LICENCE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; URINALYSIS;

ALCOHOLISM; CRIME; DOPING IN SPORTS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33748134251     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ftd.0000211811.27558.b5     Document Type: Review

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