Quantitative analysis of 26 opioids, cocaine, and their metabolites in human blood by ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 510-521

  Fernández, María Del Mar Ramírez ^a   Wille, Sarah M R ^a   Kummer, Nathalie ^a   Di Fazio, Vincent ^a   Ruyssinckx, Evi ^a   Samyn, Nele ^a  

^a National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

blood; cocaine; opioids; UPLC MS MS

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLIDENE 1,5 DIMETHYL 3,3 DIPHENYLPYRROLIDINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; BUPRENORPHINE; COCAINE; COCAINE DERIVATIVE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIHYDROCODEINE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; ETHYLMORPHINE; FENTANYL; FENTANYL DERIVATIVE; HOMOCOCAINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; NORBUPRENORPHINE; NORCODEINE; NORFENTANYL; NORPETHIDINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; PHOLCODINE; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COCAINE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84880571557     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e31828e7e6b     Document Type: Article

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