Criteria for opiate identification using liquid chromatography linked to tandem mass spectrometry: Problems in routine practice

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-57

  Fox, Elizabeth J ^a   Twigger, Shirley ^a   Allen, Keith R ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DIHYDROCODEINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CODEINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; OXYCODONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 58149512344     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.008104     Document Type: Article

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