Hair analysis in toxicology

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1265-1272

  Villain, Marion ^a   Cirimele, Vincent ^a,b   Kintz, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b Laboratoire ChemTox   (France)

Author keywords

Abuse; Chromatography; Drugs; Exposure; Hair analysis; Mass spectrometry; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETAXOLOL; CANNABINOID; CHOLESTEROL OLEATE; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIGOXIN; FATTY ACID ESTER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HALOPERIDOL; HEAVY METAL; MEPROBAMATE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MYRISTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NANDROLONE; NICOTINE; OPIATE; PALMITIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PHENCYCLIDINE; PRASTERONE; STANOZOLOL; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DOPING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR ROOT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; THEORY; TIME; TOXICOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

ALCOHOLISM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG MONITORING; HAIR; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 10044233748     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.247     Document Type: Article

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