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Drugs of Abuse

Body Fluid Testing

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  • © 2005

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Part of the book series: Forensic Science and Medicine (FSM)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

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A comprehensive review of the science of drug testing in all its aspects, placing emphasis on technologies that use body fluids other than urine for determining the presence of drugs of abuse. The authors discuss the various body fluid specimens suitable for testing for illicit drugs-particularly saliva, sweat, and hair-describe the structural and manufacturing aspects of on-site testing devices based on lateral flow immunoassay, and detail the pitfalls of using these specimens. They also discuss in detail the problem of sample adulteration and its detection. Since oral fluid has the best potential of succeeding urine as the next matrix of choice for drug detection, four popular saliva testing devices are examined: Intercept®, the Drager Drug Test®, Oratect®, and Drugwipe. Political, social, and legal issues are also considered in articles on privacy, the use of drug testing in courts, and the problem of sample adulteration.

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"This book discusses oral fluid, sweat, hair, and, to a lesser extent, urine as matrices for drugs of abuse testing. … the information is very detailed and specific. … Overall this text is well written and serves to provoke thoughts on where drugs of abuse testing is going in the future. While some of the information presented is directly related to forensic toxicology, the majority is more suited to end users of the immunoassay devices or those involved in workplace drug testing." (Maria Reid, Journal of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science, January, 2007)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Branan Medical Corporation, Irvine

    Raphael C. Wong

  • Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit

    Harley Y. Tse

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Drugs of Abuse

  • Book Subtitle: Body Fluid Testing

  • Editors: Raphael C. Wong, Harley Y. Tse

  • Series Title: Forensic Science and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-951-6

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Humana Press 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-435-7Published: 16 June 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-567-5Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-951-6Published: 05 November 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 306

  • Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology

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