Postmortem Toxicology of Abused Drugs

by Steven B. Karch, MD, FFFLM (Editor)

Overview

Postmortem Toxicology of Abused Drugs considers the role of toxicology in death investigation and gives practical insights on conducting toxicology tests and completing the toxicology report. It explains chain of custody; specimen collection and security; sampling of blood, urine, bile, and vitreous humor; and selection of post-mortem specimens. The book analyzes various testing procedures, discusses methods and strategies for analysis, covers quality assurance protocols and controls, and instructs in the proper interpretation of postmortem drug tests. Heavily referenced and containing several tables, figures, and useful appendices, this book is a handy reference for forensic scientists and medical examiners involved with death inves

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040081211
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/09/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	749 KB

Table of Contents

Introduction to Post-Mortem Toxicology, Specimen Selection, Collection, Preservation, and Security, Common Methods in Post-Mortem Toxicology, Strategies for Post-Mortem Toxicology Investigation, Quality Assurance in Post-Mortem Toxicology, Interpretation of Post-Mortem Drug Levels, Appendices, Index