RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Detection of Misreported Drug Use in Forensic Populations: An Overview of Hair Analysis
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 85
OP 94
VO 24
IS 1
A1 Kelly, Kimberly S.
A1 Rogers, Richard
YR 1996
UL http://jaapl.org/content/24/1/85.abstract
AB Criminal and civil forensic evaluations are frequently complicated by misreported (denied or exaggerated) substance abuse. This article provides an introduction to the use of radioimmunoassay of hair (RIAH). RlAH with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry confirmation is superior to the more commonly employed urinalysis in its (1) wider window of detection, (2) ability to provide a chronology of substance abuse, and (3) resistance to countermeasures. The potential implications of the RlAH procedure to retrospective and prospective forensic evaluations are discussed.