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Drug Testing in Alternate Biological Specimens

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Editors:
  1. Amanda J. Jenkins

    1. Lake County Crime Laboratory, Painesville

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  2. Yale H. Caplan

    1. National Scientific Services, Baltimore

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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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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
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  2. Specimens of Maternal Origin: Amniotic Fluid and Breast Milk

    • Sarah Kerrigan, Bruce A. Goldberger
    Pages 1-18

  3. Drugs-of-Abuse in Meconium Specimens

    • Christine M. Moore
    Pages 19-41

  4. Drugs-of-Abuse in Nails

    • Diana Garside
    Pages 43-65

  5. Drug Testing in Hair

    • Pascal Kintz
    Pages 67-81

  6. Drugs-of-Abuse Testing in Saliva or Oral Fluid

    • Vina Spiehler, Gail Cooper
    Pages 83-99

  7. The Detection of Drugs in Sweat

    • Neil A. Fortner
    Pages 101-116

  8. Drugs-of-Abuse Testing in Vitreous Humor

    • Barry S. Levine, Rebecca A. Jufer
    Pages 117-130

  9. Drugs in Bone and Bone Marrow

    • Olaf H. Drummer
    Pages 131-137

  10. Drugs-of-Abuse in Liver

    • Graham R. Jones, Peter P. Singer
    Pages 139-156

  11. Drugs-of-Abuse Testing in Brain

    • Thomas Stimpfl
    Pages 157-180

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 181-186
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lake County Crime Laboratory, Painesville

    Amanda J. Jenkins

  • National Scientific Services, Baltimore

    Yale H. Caplan

Bibliographic Information

  • 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

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