Comparison of daily urine, sweat, and skin swabs among cocaine users
| Autor: | F. P. Smith, R.A. McCaulley, David A. Kidwell, J.D. Kidwell, C. Harper, K. Roarty, K. Bernadt, F. Shinohara |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Population Physiology Urine Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Pathology and Forensic Medicine SWEAT Time frame Cocaine users Cocaine Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors Medicine Humans Monitoring methods education Sweat Skin Immunoassay education.field_of_study medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Middle Aged Surgery Substance Abuse Detection Female Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry business Law |
| Zdroj: | Forensic science international. 133(1-2) |
| ISSN: | 0379-0738 |
| Popis: | This study (1) compares urine, skin swabs, and PharmChek sweat patches for monitoring drug use; (2) measures possible environmental contamination in recent cocaine (COC) users; and (3) evaluates various immunoassays (IA) for screening COC in diverse matrices. Unique aspects include daily urine monitoring of 10 participants for 4 weeks, multiple monitoring methods, analysis for all specimens by IA and gas chromatography (GC)/mass spectrometry (MS), and the potential for continued illicit drug use by participants. Urine served as the "gold standard" specimen for determining drug use. Only cocaine and related substances were detected. Trace amounts of drugs were found on the skin ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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