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Hair analysis: its importance for the diagnosis of poisoning associated with opiate addiction

✍ Scribed by C Staub

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Weight: 959 KB
Volume: 63
Category: Article
ISSN: 0379-0738
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(93)90260-h

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✦ Synopsis

In forensic toxicology, hair analysis for determining intoxication by inorganic substances has received much attention. Organic substances, on the other hand, are also found in hair and therefore hair should be regarded as an important source for evaluation of drug use. This paper examines the advantages and limitations of hair analysis in the measurement of opiates by using hair taken from some actual drug users in Switzerland.