Segmental analysis of amphetamines in hair using a sensitive UHPLC-MS/MS method

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 22-29

  Jakobsson, Gerd ^a   Kronstrand, Robert ^a,b  

^a National Board of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Forensic; Hair; LC MS MS; Segmental analysis

Indexed keywords

DRUG DOSAGE; DRUG PRODUCTS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

AMPHETAMINE; CONTROL SAMPLES; FORENSIC; HAIR; LC-MS-MS; LC.MS/MS; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; ORGANIC PHASE; SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS; ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRIES;

CRIME;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXY METHAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BUFFER; FORMIC ACID; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHANOL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DRUG SCREENING; HAIR; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AMPHETAMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HAIR; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84899985601     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1637     Document Type: Article

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