Toward standardization of hair cortisol measurement: Results of the first international interlaboratory round robin

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-75

  Russell, Evan ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^b   Laudenslager, Mark L ^c   Stalder, Tobias ^b   De Rijke, Yolanda ^d   Van Rossum, Elisabeth F C ^d   Van Uum, Stan ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

comparison; cortisol; Hair; immunoassay; LC MS MS

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84964296827     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0000000000000148     Document Type: Article

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