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- Comprehensive review of clinical and post mortem biological matrices
- Authors expert in subject
- Up-to-date information with thorough references
- Assessment of advantages and disadvantages of each testing specimen type
Part of the book series: Forensic Science and Medicine (FSM)
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Although the specimen of choice in the US drug testing industry is urine, and serum in clinical medicine, interest has recently grown in the use of other matrices as drug testing media. Drug Testing in Alternate Biological Specimens provides researchers and forensic toxicologists with a convenient general text summarizing the state of knowledge today. The book is organized into chapters based upon specimen type, each describing the composition of the matrix, sample collection, preparation and analytical procedures, drugs detected to date, and a discussion of the interpretation of positive findings. These chapters focus specifically on the application of these practices to drugs of abuse.
Comprehensive and easy to use, Drug Testing in Alternate Biological Specimens offers the means to solve difficult forensic mysteries and to better answer the critical questions of the criminal justice system.
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Book Title: Drug Testing in Alternate Biological Specimens
Editors: Amanda J. Jenkins, Yale H. Caplan
Series Title: Forensic Science and Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-318-9
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-709-9Published: 03 March 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-732-7Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-318-9Published: 10 February 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 186
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Biochemistry, general