Detection of clenbuterol in heroin users in twelve postmortem cases at the philadelphia medical examiner's office

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 522-528

  Wingert, William E ^a   Mundy, Lisa A ^a   Nelson, Lauren ^a   Wong, Stella C ^b   Curtis, John ^c  

^a Philadelphia Off Med Examiner   (United States)

^b Nazareth Hospital   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLENBUTEROL; FENTANYL; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CADAVER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 50949100381     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/32.7.522     Document Type: Article

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