Four years' experience in external proficiency testing programs for hair testing of drugs of abuse in Italy (HAIRVEQ) and comparison with the Society of Hair Testing Program in 2005

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-19

  Ventura, M ^a,b   Pichini, S ^c   Pujadas, M ^a   Ventura, R ^a,d   Giovannandrea, R Di ^c   Zuccaro, P ^c   Pacifici, R ^c   Langohr, K ^a,e   Jurado, C ^f   Torre, R De La ^a,d  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drugs of abuse; External proficiency testing; Hair

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; CODEINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAIR; HUMANS; ITALY; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NARCOTICS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847105891     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e31802bb100     Document Type: Article

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