A fast liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for determining benzodiazepines and analogues in urine. Validation and application to real cases of forensic interest

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 582-591

  Salomone, Alberto ^a   Gerace, Enrico ^a,b   Brizio, Paola ^a,c   Gennaro, M Carla ^a   Vincenti, Marco ^a,b  

^a Centro Regionale Antidoping 'A Bertinaria'   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Case report; Fast chromatography; Urine; Validation

Indexed keywords

7 AMINO 1,3 DIHYDRO 5 PHENYL 2H 1,4 BENZODIAZEPIN 2 ONE; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; CLONAZEPAM; DEALKYL 1 (2 HYDROXYETHYL)FLURAZEPAM; DEMOXEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; MEDAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PRAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URINALYSIS;

AZABICYCLO COMPOUNDS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; PIPERAZINES; PYRIDINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINE SPECIMEN COLLECTION;

EID: 79961126278     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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