Manual for use by National Drug Analysis Laboratories. Revision of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) manual Guidelines for Testing Drugs Under International Control (ST/NAR/30/Rev.2). Ficheiro de 498 KB em formato PDF (96 p.).

Introduction. Background. Alternative specimens for analysing drugs of abuse. Purpose and use of the Manual. 1. The analysis of drugs in hair. 1.1 Anatomy and physiology of hair. 1.2 Specimen collection. 1.3 Sample preparation. 1.4 Extraction and clean-up. 1.5 Methods for the analysis of drugs in hair. 1.6 Interpretation of results. 1.7 Applications of hair analysis in the forensic field. 2. The analysis of drugs in sweat. 2.1 Anatomy and physiology. 2.2 Specimen collection. 2.3 Drug extraction.2.4 Methods for the analysis of drugs in sweat. 2.5 Interpretation of results. 2.6 Applications of sweat analysis. 3. The analysis of drugs in oral fluid. 3.1 Production and composition. 3.2 Oral fluid as a biofluid for drug analysis. 3.3 Advantages and disadvantages. 3.4 Oral fluid-blood partition. 3.5 Methods for the analysis of drugs in oral fluid. 4. General considerations in the analysis of drugs in hair, sweat and oral fluid. References.