Estimating equivalent cutoff thresholds for drugs in blood and oral fluid using prevalence regression: A study of tetrahydrocannabinol and amphetamine

Forensic Science International

Volumn 212, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages

  Gjerde, Hallvard ^a   Verstraete, Alain G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Blood; Cutoff concentrations; Oral fluid; Prevalence; Tetrahydrocannabinol

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FLUID; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG ABUSE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 80052308458     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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