Sweat testing to monitor drug exposure

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-30

  Gambelunghe, Cristiana ^a   Rossi, Riccardo ^b   Aroni, Kyriaki ^a   Bacci, Mauro ^a   Lazzarini, Andrea ^a   De Giovanni, Nadia ^b   Carletti, Paola ^c   Fucci, Nadia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drugs of abuse; Hair analysis; Methadone therapy; Sweat analysis; Unconventional matrices; Urine analysis

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEAT TEST; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; COCAINE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METHADONE; PATCH TESTS; PYRROLIDINES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SWEAT;

EID: 84875073937     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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