Hair analysis for drugs in driver's license regranting. A Swedish pilot study

Forensic Science International

Volumn 196, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 55-58

  Kronstrand, Robert ^a   Nyström, Ingrid ^a   Forsman, Malin ^a   Käll, Kerstin ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC GENETICS AND FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Driver's licence regranting; Hair analysis; LC MS MS

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LICENCE REVOCATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SWEDEN; URINALYSIS;

EID: 76549112992     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.036     Document Type: Article

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