Morphological changes in human head hair subjected to various drug testing decontamination strategies

Forensic Science International

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 164-170

  Stout, P R ^a   Ropero Miller, J D ^a   Baylor, M R ^a   Mitchell, J M ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Drug testing; Hair testing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; GOLD; HAIR DYE; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PALLADIUM; PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DONOR; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCREENING TEST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 34548477162     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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