Repeatability of oral fluid collection methods for THC measurement

Forensic Science International

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 266-272

  Houwing, Sjoerd ^a   Smink, Beitske E ^b   Legrand, Sara Ann ^c   Mathijssen, René P M ^a   Verstraete, Alain G ^c   Brookhuis, Karel A ^d  

^a SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Oral fluid sampling; Repeatability; THC

Indexed keywords

TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84870297237     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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