Contamination of hair with 3,4-methylene dioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy) in 2 young girls from a "meth lab"

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-188

  Garcia Bournissen, Facundo ^a   Asrar, Farhan ^a   Verjee, Zulfikarali ^a   Karaskov, Tatyana ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug endangered children; Drugs of abuse; Ecstasy; Hair testing; MDMA; Pediatric pharmacology; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; BUTANE; BUTYLAMINE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAIR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORIES; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 38849167517     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922807307150     Document Type: Article

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