Stability of drugs of abuse in oral fluid collection devices with purpose of external quality assessment schemes

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-280

  Ventura, Montse ^a,b   Pichini, Simona ^c   Ventura, Rosa ^a,d   Leal, Sonia ^a   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^c   Pacifici, Roberta ^c   Torre, Rafael De La ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collection devices; Drugs of abuse; Oral fluid; Stability

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; DRONABINOL; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STOMACH JUICE; CHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 65349144796     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e318198670b     Document Type: Article

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