Legal issues of addiction assessment: The experience with hair testing in Greece

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-152

  Savvopoulos, M A ^a   Pallis, E ^a   Tzatzarakis, M N ^a   Dialyna, I A ^a   Tzanakakis, G N ^a   Tsatsakis, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drug addiction; Drug concentrations; Legal issues; Segmental hair testing

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GREECE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON;

ADULT; COCAINE; CRIME; DNA; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREECE; HAIR; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 16844375291     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1047     Document Type: Article

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