Judicial acceptance of hair tests for substances of abuse in the United States courts: Scientific, forensic, and ethical aspects

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 456-459

  Huestis, Marilyn A ^a  

^a NIDA Addiction Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Drugs in hair; Hair tests; Judicial acceptance

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG ABUSE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ETHICS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAIR; HUMANS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 0029814761     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-199608000-00025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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