The Role of the Laboratory in the Investigation of Solvent Abuse
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human Toxicology
- Vol. 1 (3) , 299-311
- https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718200100314
Abstract
1 A wide range of compounds which may be abused by inhalation such as butane, the halons, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene and toluene can be detected and identified in blood specimens by means of headspace gas chromatography. Quantitative analysis of a number of the less volatile compounds of interest may also be accomplished .Keywords
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