Validation of the quantitative determination of tetrahydrocannabinol and its two major metabolites in plasma by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry according to the total error approach

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-29

  Dubois, N ^a   Paccou, A P ^b   De Backer, B G ^a   Charlier, C J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Waters NV SA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; HUMAN; PLASMA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; BLOOD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 84862266242     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 19452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkr009     Document Type: Article

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