Validation of a solid phase extraction procedure for identification and quantification of cocaine and metabolities in meconium using GC/MS

Current Pharmaceutical Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-323

  Alves, Marcela N R ^a   Duarte, Geraldo ^a   Pinhata, Marisa M M ^a   de Martinis, Bruno S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cocaine and metabolities; Crack; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Meconium; Method validation; Solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

ANHYDROECGONINE METHYL ESTER; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; COCAINE DERIVATIVE; HOMOCOCAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONSUMER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MECONIUM; METABOLITE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84867818725     PISSN: 15734129     EISSN: 1875676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341212803341618     Document Type: Article

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