Differentiation between consumption and external contamination when testing for cocaine and cannabis in hair samples

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 37-41

  Tsanaclis, Lolita ^a   Nutt, James ^a   Bagley, Kim ^a   Bevan, Sian ^a   Wicks, John ^a  

^a University Dental Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; External contamination; Hair testing

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CLEAR CUTS; DRUG; EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR TESTING; LABORATORY TESTING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUMBER OF SAMPLES;

METABOLITES;

CANNABIS; COCAINE; CANNABINOID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANNABINOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COCAINE; DECONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84899928534     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1623     Document Type: Article

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