Is urine an alternative to cosmetically treated hair for the detection of drugs and alcohol?

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 120-122

  Agius, Ronald ^a   Dufaux, Bertin ^a   Kahl, Hans Gerhard ^a   Nadulski, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Forensic and Clinical Toxicology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmetic treatment; Driving licence re granting; Drugs; EtG; Hair; Urine

Indexed keywords

COSMETICS;

BENZODIAZEPINES; COSMETIC TREATMENT; DRIVING LICENCES; DRIVING LICENSE RE-GRANTING; DRUG; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; HAIR; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; URINE; URINE MATRIX;

BODY FLUIDS;

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; OPIATE; HAIR BLEACHING AGENT; HAIR DYE; STREET DRUG;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; DRUG SCREENING; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ETHANOL; HAIR; HAIR BLEACHING AGENTS; HAIR DYES; HUMANS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84899897403     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1629     Document Type: Article

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