Society of Hair Testing guidelines for drug testing in hair

Forensic Science International

Volumn 218, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 20-24

  Cooper, Gail A A ^a   Kronstrand, Robert ^b,d   Kintz, Pascal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b National Board of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d X Pertise Consulting   (France)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Hair testing

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CRIME; CUSTODY; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; DRUG SCREENING; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; STORAGE;

EID: 84860259561     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.10.024     Document Type: Article

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