Full Description
Forensic Toxicology: Principles and Concepts takes the reader back to the origins of forensic toxicology providing an overview of the largely unchanging principles of the discipline. The text focuses on the major tenets in forensic toxicology, including an introduction to the discipline, fundamentals of forensic toxicology analysis, types of interpretations based on analytical forensic toxicology results, and reporting from the laboratory to the courtroom. Forensic Toxicology also contains appendices covering the principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, immunology and immunological assays, toxicogenomics, and case studies.
Contents
Chapter 1: The Development of Forensic Toxicology Chapter 2: The Duties and Responsibilities of Forensic Toxicologists Chapter 3: Forensic Toxicology ResourcesChapter 4: The Laboratory Chapter 5: Analytical Strategy Chapter 6: Sample Handling Chapter 7: Storage Stability of AnalytesChapter 8: Analytical SamplesChapter 9: Sample PreparationChapter 10: Methods of Detection, Identification and Quantitation Chapter 11: Quality Assurance and Quality ControlChapter 12: Types of Interpretations Chapter 13: Reports Chapter 14: Testifying
APPENDICESAppendix A: Principles of Pharmacokinetics Appendix B: Principles of PharmacodynamicsAppendix C: Immunoassays Appendix D: Toxicogenomics Appendix E: Famous Cases in Forensic Toxicology
