Hair analysis following chronic smoked-drugs-of-abuse exposure in adults and their toddler: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Papaseit, Esther ^a,b   Joya, Xavier ^a,b   Velasco, Marta ^b   Civit, Ester ^a   Mota, Pau ^b   Bertran, Marta ^b   Vall, Oriol ^a,b   Garcia Algar, Oscar ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COCAINE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 83055192038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-570     Document Type: Article

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