Testing for the Undetectable in Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Using Hair Analyzed by Tandem Mass Spectrometry as Evidence

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-214

  Kintz, Pascal ^a   Villain, Marion ^a   Ludes, Bertrand ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

Author keywords

Drug facilitated sexual assault; GHB; Hair; MS MS; Zolpidem

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; CANNABIS; CLONAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYPNOTIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; LYSERGIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TEMAZEPAM; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL CRIME; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THEFT; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEX OFFENSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4344560771     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200404000-00022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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