Rapid extraction, identification and quantification of drugs of abuse in hair by immunoassay and ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 679-686

  Pichini, Simona ^a   Gottardi, Massimo ^b   Marchei, Emilia ^a   Svaizer, Fiorenza ^b   Pellegrini, Manuela ^a   Rotolo, Maria Concetta ^a   Algar, Oscar García ^c   Pacifici, Roberta ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Public Health Laboratory (LSP) Company for Provincial Health Services   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

drugs of abuse; hair testing; immunoassay; M3 extraction reagent; ultra performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; VMA T extraction reagent

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOL; COCAINE; CODEINE; HOMOCOCAINE; KERATIN; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; N ETHYL 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NORBUPRENORPHINE; PENTAZOCINE; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATOR; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; HAIR; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; KERATINS; STREET DRUGS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84896895166     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0784     Document Type: Article

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