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1 An introduction to clinical and forensic toxicology |
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Scope of clinical and forensic toxicology practice |
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Analytical workflows in a toxicology laboratory |
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2 Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics |
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Toxicokinetics (and nonlinear pharmacokinetics) |
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3 Laboratory methods in toxicology |
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Methods for general screening |
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Methods for targeted analysis |
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4 Management of an overdose patient |
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Evaluation of overdosed patients |
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Part II Overview and case studies |
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5 Alcohols: volatiles and glycols |
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Specimen collection and the analysis of ethanol |
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5.1 Ethylene glycol toxicity |
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5.2 Falsely elevated ethylene glycol results in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis |
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5.3 Recurrent inhalational methanol toxicity during pregnancy |
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5.4 A patient with high anion gap metabolic acidosis and increased serum osmolal gap |
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6 Analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs |
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Pharmacokinetics, toxicokinetics, and treatment |
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6.1 Acetaminophen toxicity |
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6.2 Massive ibuprofen ingestion in an adolescent treated with plasma exchange |
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Judith Sebestyen VanSickle |
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Pharmacokinetics, toxicokinetics, and treatment |
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Analytical methods and clinical management implications |
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8 Antipsychotics and antidepressants |
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Pharmacokinetics and toxicokinetics and treatment |
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Analytical methods for antipsychotics and antidepressants |
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8.1 Olanzapine toxicity in an infant |
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8.2 Genetic polymorphism leading to drug overdose fatality while in custody |
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8.3 A death involving flubromazepam and methadone |
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C. Clinton Frazee Robert Pietak |
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Pharmacokinetics and toxicokinetics |
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Analytical considerations |
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9.1 Free versus total phenytoin measurements--a case study of phenytoin toxicity |
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9.2 A fatality involving massive overdose of gabapentin |
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9.3 An oxcarbazepine overdose in a 23-month-old child |
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Therapeutic drug monitoring |
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Pathway-targeted therapies |
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Hormones and hormone regulators |
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Discussion of methotrexate and the thiopurine analogs |
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Analytical methods and clinical management implications |
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10.1 Case study--methotrexate toxicity, treatment, and measurement |
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10.2 Methotrexate toxicity--case study |
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10.3 The importance of selecting an appropriate method for measuring methotrexate concentration after glucarpidase rescue: immunoassay or LC-MS/MS? |
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10.4 Different cross-reactivity profiles of methotrexate immunoassays and the clinical management of methotrexate treatment |
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Pharmacokinetics and toxicokinetics |
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Analytical methods for cannabinoids |
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11.1 A review of impaired drivers under the influence of 5F-ADB |
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11.2 Can cannabidiol use cause a false-positive tetrahydrocannabinol urine drug screen? |
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11.3 Clobazam intoxication due to cannabidiol consumption |
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11.4 Phencyclidine and marijuana exposure in utero |
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Lifestyle and genetic triggers |
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Drug-induced cardiotoxicity |
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Chemotherapy associated myocardial toxicity |
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Cardiotoxicity associated with noncancer therapeutic drugs |
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Cardiotoxicity associated with drugs of abuse |
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Therapeutic drug monitoring of cardiac drugs |
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12.1 Use of therapeutic plasma exchange to enhance propafenone elimination following intentional drug overdose |
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13 CNS depressants: benzodiazepines and barbiturates |
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Pharmacokinetics and toxicokinetics |
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Analytical methods and clinical-management implications |
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13.1 False-negative results in urine benzodiazepine immunoassay screening |
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13.2 A suicide involving Zolpidem |
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14 Central nervous system stimulants |
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14.1 Caffeine: massive accidental caffeine overdose treated with continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration |
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14.2 Delayed presentation and conservative management of an intraarterial injection of crushed amphetamine/dextroamphetamine salts |
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14.3 Now you see it, now you don't: ecstasy or not? |
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14.4 What is in the cocaine? The vessels never lie--cocaine-induced vasculitis |
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14.5 Polysubstance abuse and rhabdomyolysis |
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14.6 Unexpected finding of amphetamine and methamphetamine in a patient on monoamine oxidase inhibitor |
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14.7 A death due to acute nicotine intoxication |
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14.8 Cocaethylene--ethanol adding fuel to cocaine's fire |
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14.9 A fatality caused by acute methamphetamine intoxication due to intravaginal absorption |
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15.1 A death involving extremely high levels of 3,4-methyIene dioxymethamphetamine |
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15.2 Rhabdomyolysis associated with laboratory-confirmed FUB-AMB use |
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15.3 Clinical and pathological findings in fatal cases involving the ingestion of methylone |
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15.4 A death involving a "bath salt" methylenedioxypyrovalerone and tramadol |
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15.5 Clonazolam abuse: a report of two cases |
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16 Hallucinogens--psychedelics and dissociative drugs |
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Toxicokinetics and clinical management of overdose |
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Analysis of psychedelics, dissociatives, and other hallucinogens |
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16.1 Ketamine--a review of published cases |
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Clinical cases description |
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16.2 Tryptamine trauma: N,N - dipropyltryptamine - associated trauma and rhabdomyolysis |
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16.3 Case reports involving the use of lysergic acid diethylamide |
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17 Therapeutic drug monitoring of immunosuppressants |
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Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors |
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Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics |
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Opioid use disorder and treatment |
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Commonly encountered opioids |
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18.1 Heroin or not: a case for timing of specimen collection |
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18.2 A death involving fentanyl-lacedpills |
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18.3 Opioid metabolism: impact of concomitant medications and genetic variations on the interpretation of drug tests |
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18.4 Emergence and sudden disappearance of pink: U-47700 in southeast Michigan |
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19 Toxic herbals and plants in the United States |
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Popularity and safety of herbal supplements |
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Toxic herbal supplements: an overview |
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Herbs with nephrotoxicity |
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19.1 Toxicity due to kava tea consumption in conjunction with alcohol and multiple antidepressants |
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19.2 Kratom, a novel herbal opioid in a patient with benzodiazepine use disorder |
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Kratom analysis in a toxicology laboratory |
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19.3 Accidental death involving psilocin from ingesting "magic mushroom" |
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19.4 A US Army Captain faced discipline after cocaine positive test from coca tea consumption |
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20.1 Evaluation of toxicity following ammonia exposure: a case report |
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20.2 Two fatalities involving 1,1-difluoroethane |
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20.3 A case of difluoroethane toxicity--sudden sniffing death syndrome |
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20.4 Carbon monoxide poisoning |
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Pharmacokinetics and toxicokinetics |
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Analytical methods and clinical management implications |
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21.1 Toxicity of heavy metals--case study |
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Findings from therapeutic exposures |
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21.2 Lithium toxicity--case study |
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21.3 Mercury poisoning from a high seafood diet: a case report |
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429 | (1) |
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430 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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21.4 Trust your gut: a case of persistent gastrointestinal disturbances |
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433 | (1) |
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433 | (1) |
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433 | (2) |
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435 | (2) |
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437 | (12) |
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437 | (1) |
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437 | (3) |
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440 | (5) |
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445 | (1) |
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446 | (1) |
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23 Case Studies on Other Drugs |
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23.1 Naloxone-responsive respiratory depression in a patient with a negative urine drug screen |
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451 | (1) |
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Nicola J. Rutherford-Parker |
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451 | (1) |
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451 | (2) |
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453 | (2) |
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23.2 Assessing medication compliance in palliative care: what methodology should be utilized? |
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455 | (1) |
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455 | (1) |
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457 | (2) |
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23.3 A case of suicide involving diphenhydramine |
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459 | (1) |
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459 | (1) |
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459 | (4) |
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463 | (2) |
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23.4 Tizanidine intoxication in a postmortem case |
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465 | (1) |
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465 | (1) |
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466 | (1) |
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23.5 Methemoglobinemia due to dietary nitrate |
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469 | (1) |
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471 | (1) |
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23.6 Cyanide toxicity--a case study |
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473 | (1) |
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473 | (1) |
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Signs and symptoms of toxicity |
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476 | (1) |
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477 | (1) |
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478 | (3) |
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23.7 A case of unknown pill ingestion -- bupropion toxicity |
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481 | (1) |
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481 | (1) |
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481 | (2) |
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483 | (2) |
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23.8 Laboratory confirmed massive donepezil ingestion |
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485 | (1) |
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485 | (1) |
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485 | (1) |
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486 | (1) |
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23.9 Missing oxycodone metabolites confirm suspected drug diversion |
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489 | (1) |
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489 | (1) |
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489 | (2) |
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491 | (1) |
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23.10 Cocaine, is it really there? Differing sensitivities of immunoassay drug screen and mass spectrometry |
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493 | (1) |
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495 | (2) |
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23.11 False-positive levorphanol (opioid) due to dextromethorphan on urine drug screen by time-of-flight MS |
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497 | (1) |
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497 | (1) |
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499 | (1) |
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23.12 Comparison of methamphetamine detection in urine and oral fluid |
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501 | (1) |
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