Variability associated with interpreting drugs within forensic hair analysis: A three‐stage interpretation
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DOI: 10.1002/jat.3959
Abstract: Hair analysis is capable of determining both an individual's long‐term drug history and a single exposure to a drug, which can be particularly important for corroborating incidents of drug‐facilitated crimes. As a source of forensic… read more here.
Keywords: three stage; analysis; variability; drug ... See more keywords
Hair analysis does not allow to discriminate between acute and chronic administrations of a drug in young children
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DOI: 10.1007/s00414-017-1720-5
Abstract: There are many differences between the hair from children and that of adult subjects, the hair being thinner, more porous with a different growth rate from the usual 1 cm/month observed in adults. In order to… read more here.
Keywords: administration; intoxication; analysis; hair ... See more keywords
Segmental Hair Analysis—Interpretation of the Time of Drug Intake in Two Patients Undergoing Drug Treatment
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DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13947
Abstract: The present study involved segmental testing of hair in two clinical cases with known dosage histories. Hair analysis confirmed the first patient's exposure to the prescribed sertraline and citalopram for several months. Citalopram was generally… read more here.
Keywords: time drug; hair; drug intake; drug ... See more keywords
Toxicological hair analysis: Pre-analytical, analytical and interpretive aspects
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DOI: 10.1177/0025802418768305
Abstract: Background and aims Hair analysis for drug detection is one of the widely accepted imperative techniques in the field of forensic toxicology. The current study was designed to investigate the efficacy of chromatography for detection… read more here.
Keywords: toxicological hair; analysis; hair; drug ... See more keywords
Profiling steroid and thyroid hormones with hair analysis in a cohort of women aged 25 to 45 years old
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DOI: 10.1530/eje-22-0081
Abstract: Objective Endogenous hormones regulate numerous physiological processes in humans. Some of them are routinely measured in blood, saliva and/or urine for the diagnosis of disorders. The analysis of fluids may, however, require multiple samples collected… read more here.
Keywords: hair analysis; hair; aged years; steroid thyroid ... See more keywords
Analytical Strategies to Disclose Repeated Consumption of New Psychoactive Substances by Hair Analysis.
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DOI: 10.2174/1389201018666171122114526
Abstract: BACKGROUND New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a heterogenic group of substances with different chemical structures and psychotropic effects. METHOD Many pharmacotoxicological laboratories performing drug testing in conventional and nonconventional biological matrices for clinical and forensic… read more here.
Keywords: analytical strategies; psychoactive substances; hair analysis; repeated consumption ... See more keywords
Retrospective Demonstration of 25I-NBOMe Acute Poisoning Using Hair Analysis.
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DOI: 10.2174/1389201019666171129175148
Abstract: BACKGROUND The abuse of new psychoactive substances or NPS has been dramatically increasing all around the world since the last half of the year 2000 and has become a serious public health problem. NPS are… read more here.
Keywords: 25i nbome; hair; demonstration 25i; hair analysis ... See more keywords