Stability of benzodiazepines and cocaine in blood spots stored on filter paper

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 511-515

  Alfazil, Abdulkareem A ^a   Anderson, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SPOT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG DEGRADATION; FILTER PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STORAGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 50949094072     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/32.7.511     Document Type: Article

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