Dried blood spots in toxicology: From the cradle to the grave?

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 230-243

  Stove, Christophe P ^a   Ingels, Ann Sofie M E ^a   De Kesel, Pieter M M ^a   Lambert, Willy E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

dried blood spots (DBS); drugs of abuse; filter paper; forensic; newborn; toxicokinetics; Toxicology; trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; DRUG ABUSE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; DRUG MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 84857296366     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2011.650790     Document Type: Review

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