Current status of accreditation for drug testing in hair

Forensic Science International

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-12

  Cooper, Gail ^a   Moeller, Manfred ^b   Kronstrand, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Department of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Toxicology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hair testing; ISO IEC 17025; Laboratory accreditation

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 39449092570     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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