Vitreous humor as an alternative matrix for comprehensive drug screening in postmortem toxicology by liquid chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 312-318

  Pelander, Anna ^a   Ristimaa, Johanna ^a   Ojanperä, Ilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMLODIPINE; AMPHETAMINE; ATENOLOL; ATROPINE; BISOPROLOL; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLOROQUINE; CITALOPRAM; CODEINE; COTININE; CYCLIZINE; DEMOXEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DILTIAZEM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ENALAPRIL; EPHEDRINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; GALANTAMINE; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; WARFARIN; DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS; VITREOUS BODY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINE;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; AUTOPSY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77957863375     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/34.6.312     Document Type: Article

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