Chemical abuse in the elderly: Evidence from hair analysis

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-211

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

^a Laboratoire ChemTox   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Drug facilitated crime; Elder abuse; Hair

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; CLONAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; LYSERGIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRICS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEGLECT; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; URINALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CRIME; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 42049117348     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e31816bac44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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