The role of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to test blood and urine samples for the toxicological investigation of drug-facilitated crimes

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-228

  Deveaux, Marc ^a   Chèze, Marjorie ^a   Pépin, Gilbert ^a  

^a Laboratoire TOXLAB   (France)

Author keywords

Blood testing; Drug facilitated crime; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Urine testing

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 7 AMINOFLUNITRAZEPAM; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; CLONAZEPAM; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; DRUG METABOLITE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; ILLICIT DRUG; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; N ETHYL 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORDAZEPAM; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE; TRIAZOLAM; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG USE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; FRANCE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SEXUAL CRIME; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

BENZODIAZEPINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CRIME; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42049084398     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e3181676186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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