Ebook: Drug testing in hair

Introduction / I. Sunshine -- Ch. 1. Technical and Legal Aspects of Drugs of Abuse Testing in Hair / M.A. Huestis -- Ch. 2. Environmental Exposure -- the Stumbling Block of Hair Testing / D.A. Kidwell and D.L. Blank -- Ch. 3. The Potential for Bias in Hair Testing for Drugs of Abuse / E.J. Cone and R. Joseph, Jr. -- Ch. 4. The Analytical Tools for Hair Testing / M.R. Moeller and H. Eser -- Ch. 5. Importance of Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) in Hair Analysis / C. Staub, P. Edder and J.-L. Veuthey -- Ch. 6. Determination of Cocaine and Opioids in Hair / D. Garside and B.A. Goldberger -- Ch. 7. Cannabis and Amphetamine Determination in Human Hair / V. Cirimele -- Ch. 8. Unusual Drugs in Hair / A. Tracqui -- Ch. 9. Forensic Applications of Hair Analysis / H. Sachs -- Ch. 10. Hair Analysis for Organic Analytes: Methodology, Reliability Issues, and Field Studies / W.A. Baumgartner and V. Hill -- Ch. 11. Clinical Applications of Hair Analysis / P. Kintz -- Ch. 12. Drug Analyses in Nonhead Hair / P. Mangin.;Drug Testing in Hair is the first book on this timely and controversial topic. The book's purpose is to validate hair testing as an accepted form of evidence for use in courts and elsewhere, such as the military and the workplace. This volume presents the most recent experiments and clinical applications to provide missing information and insight into the unanswered questions of hair testing.Active researchers working in hair testing have contributed chapters to this book. New data, never before published, are incorporated into the text, so the reader receives cutting-edge information from experts in the field. This is must-have information on everything you need to know about drug testing in hair.