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Drugs of Abuse: Body Fluid Testing
Wong, Raphael C.; Tse, Harley Y.. Ed(S): Wong, Raphael C.; Tse, Harley Y.
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Description for Drugs of Abuse: Body Fluid Testing
hardcover. Presents a comprehensive review of the science of drug testing in its various aspects, placing emphasis on technologies that use body fluids other than urine for determining the presence of drugs of abuse. This book describes the structural and manufacturing aspects of on-site testing devices based on lateral flow immunoassay. Editor(s): Wong, Raphael C.; Tse, Harley Y. Series: Forensic Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 306 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 695.
A comprehensive review of the science of drug testing in all its aspects, placing emphasis on technologies that use body fluids other than urine for determining the presence of drugs of abuse. The authors discuss the various body fluid specimens suitable for testing for illicit drugs-particularly saliva, sweat, and hair-describe the structural and manufacturing aspects of on-site testing devices based on lateral flow immunoassay, and detail the pitfalls of using these specimens. They also discuss in detail the problem of sample adulteration and its detection. Since oral fluid has the best potential of succeeding urine as the next matrix of ... Read more
A comprehensive review of the science of drug testing in all its aspects, placing emphasis on technologies that use body fluids other than urine for determining the presence of drugs of abuse. The authors discuss the various body fluid specimens suitable for testing for illicit drugs-particularly saliva, sweat, and hair-describe the structural and manufacturing aspects of on-site testing devices based on lateral flow immunoassay, and detail the pitfalls of using these specimens. They also discuss in detail the problem of sample adulteration and its detection. Since oral fluid has the best potential of succeeding urine as the next matrix of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Humana United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Series
Forensic Science and Medicine
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781588294357
SKU
V9781588294357
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Drugs of Abuse: Body Fluid Testing
From the reviews: "This book discusses oral fluid, sweat, hair, and, to a lesser extent, urine as matrices for drugs of abuse testing. … the information is very detailed and specific. … Overall this text is well written and serves to provoke thoughts on where drugs of abuse testing is going in the future. While ... Read more