Underreporting of illicit drug use by patients at emergency departments as revealed by two-tiered urinalysis

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2304-2308

  Chen, Wei J ^a,b   Fang, Cheng Chung ^b   Shyu, Ren Shi ^c   Lin, Kuo Chien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Illicit drug use; Opiates; Self report; Urinalysis; Validity

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; AMPHETAMINES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33750038300     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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