Hair analysis for THCA-A, THC and CBN after passive in vivo exposure to marijuana smoke

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 119-125

  Moosmann, Bjoern ^a,b   Roth, Nadine ^a,b   Auwärter, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contamination; Hair analysis; LC MS MS; Tetrahydrocannabinol; Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid A

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CANNABINOL; EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR SURFACE; IN-VIVO; LC-MS-MS; LC.MS/MS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID A;

SMOKE;

CANNABINOL; CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONTAMINATION; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LENGTH; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CONTAMINATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; LC-MS/MS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID A;

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS; CANNABINOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRONABINOL; HAIR; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84892453825     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1474     Document Type: Article

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