Toxicology Testing, An Issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine - E-Book

Toxicology Testing, An Issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine - E-Book
ISBN-10
1455747874
ISBN-13
9781455747870
Category
Medical
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2012-09-24
Publisher
Elsevier Health Sciences
Author
Michael G. Bissell

Description

This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, titled Toxicology Testing, includes the following topics; Progress in Clinical Toxicology Testing, The Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic, Substance Abuse Among Healthcare Professionals, Pain Management Drug Testing, Ethanol Biomarkers, Newly-emerging Drugs of Abuse, Synthetic Cannabinoids, Synthetic Cathenones, Immunoassay Methodology in Drugs-of-abuse Testing, Toxicology Testing in Alternative Specimen Matrices, Principles and Procedures in Postmortem Toxicology, and Pharmacogenetics and the Future of Toxicology Testing. Advances in toxicology testing are paving the way for major improvements in the way scientists evaluate health risks posed by toxic chemicals. Toxicity tests help scientists better understand how the human body carries out normal functions that are key to maintaining health. Therefore, this topic is important to the field of Laboratory Medicine.

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