Drug Testing in Alternate Biological Specimens (Forensic Science and Medicine)

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. This book provides researchers and forensic toxicologists with a convenient general text summarizing the state of knowledge today. Chapters focus specifically on the application of these practices to drugs of abuse. The up-to-date information provided is complemented with thorough references. 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. Specimens Of Maternal Origin : Amniotic Fluid And Breast Milk / Sarah Kerrigan And Bruce A. Goldberger -- Drugs-of-abuse In Meconium Specimens / Christine M. Moore -- Drugs-of-abuse In Nails / Diana Garside -- Drug Testing In Hair / Pascal Kintz -- Drugs-of-abuse Testing In Saliva And Oral Fluid / Vina Spiehler And Gail Cooper -- The Detection Of Drugs In Sweat / Neil A. Fortner -- Drugs-of-abuse Testing In Vitreous Humor / Barry S. Levine And Rebecca A. Jufer -- Drugs In Bone And Bone Marrow / Olaf H. Drummer -- Drugs-of-abuse In Liver / Graham R. Jones And Peter P. Singer -- Drugs-of-abuse Testing In Brain / Thomas Stimpfl. Edited By Amanda J. Jenkins ; Foreword By Yale H. Caplan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.