Utility of coloured hair for the detection of drugs and alcohol

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 110-119

  Agius, Ronald ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bleaching; Cosmetic treatment; Driving licence; Drugs; Dyeing; EtG; Hair; Percentiles

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CLEANING;

BENZODIAZEPINES; BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABINOIDS; COSMETIC TREATMENT; DRIVING LICENCES; DRUG; DYEING; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; HAIR; PERCENTILE;

COSMETICS;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZOYLECGONINE; BROMAZEPAM; BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; DIHYDROCODEINE; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HAIR BLEACHING AGENT; HAIR DYE; ILLICIT DRUG; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; NORDAZEPAM; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM; TILIDINE; TRAMADOL; STREET DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLORED HAIR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; DRUG USE; ESTHETICS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAIR; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ETHANOL; HAIR; HAIR DYES; HUMANS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84899962268     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1654     Document Type: Article

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