LC-MS-(TOF) analysis method for benzodiazepines in urine samples from alleged drug-facilitated sexual assault victims

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  ElSohly, Mahmoud A ^a,b,c   Gul, Waseem ^a,b   ElSohly, Kareem M ^a   Avula, Bharathi ^b   Khan, Ikhlas A ^b,c  

^a ElSohly Laboratories Incorporated   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NITRAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM; NORFLUDIAZEPAM; NORFLUNITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RAPE; SCREENING; SEXUAL CRIME; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

BENZODIAZEPINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 33750144892     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/30.8.524     Document Type: Article

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