PMID- 15939177
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050809
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0379-0738 (Print)
IS  - 0379-0738 (Linking)
VI  - 152
IP  - 1
DP  - 2005 Aug 11
TI  - The prevalence of MDMA/MDA in both hair and urine in drug users.
PG  - 73-7
AB  - The prevalence and age distribution of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) 
      and 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) in hair samples by gas 
      chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) were studied. The recoveries obtained 
      from hair were 97% and 99% for MDMA and MDA, respectively. The inter- and 
      intra-assay precision and accuracy were determined. Out of 791 hair samples, 44 
      (5.6 %) contained MDMA and/or MDA. Out of these 44 subjects, urinalyses from 35 
      were negative for both MDMA and MDA, while only 9 were positive. We also 
      evaluated concentrations of MDMA and MDA, and the metabolite-to-parent drug 
      ratios. This study showed that the abuse of MDMA or MDA was found principally 
      among young adults and male abusers. We found the epidemiology of ecstasy users 
      in Korea between March 2002 and April 2003.
FAU - Han, Eunyoung
AU  - Han E
AD  - Department of Narcotics Analysis, National Institute of Scientific Investigation, 
      331-1 Shinwol 7-Dong, Yang-Chun Gu, Seoul, South Korea. hago@nisi.go.kr
FAU - Yang, Wonkyung
AU  - Yang W
FAU - Lee, Jaesin
AU  - Lee J
FAU - Park, Yonghoon
AU  - Park Y
FAU - Kim, Eunmi
AU  - Kim E
FAU - Lim, Miae
AU  - Lim M
FAU - Chung, Heesun
AU  - Chung H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Forensic Sci Int
JT  - Forensic science international
JID - 7902034
RN  - 0 (Hallucinogens)
RN  - 4764-17-4 (3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine)
RN  - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine)
SB  - IM
MH  - 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine/*analysis
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay
MH  - Forensic Medicine
MH  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
MH  - Hair/*chemistry
MH  - Hallucinogens/analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/*analysis
MH  - Substance Abuse Detection/*methods
MH  - Urinalysis
EDAT- 2005/06/09 09:00
MHDA- 2005/08/10 09:00
CRDT- 2005/06/09 09:00
PHST- 2004/05/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2005/02/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2005/03/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/06/09 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/08/10 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/06/09 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0379-0738(05)00169-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.03.010 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Forensic Sci Int. 2005 Aug 11;152(1):73-7. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.03.010.