Society of hair testing guidelines for drug testing in hair
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The Society of Hair Testing (SoHT) Guidelines for Drug Testing in Hair provide laboratories with recommended best practice guidelines whether they are currently offering drug testing in hair, or plan to offer a hair testing service in the future. The guidelines include reference to recommended sample collection and storage procedures, through sample preparation, pre-treatment and analysis and the use of cut-offs.
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Hair samples were collected following guidelines from the Society of Hair Testing.
“Hair samples were collected 1-2 months prior to internship start (pre-internship) and at the four-, eight- and twelve-month time points during internship year, following guidelines from the Society of Hair Testing (Cooper et al., 2012).”
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- Authors
- Cooper, G. A. A., Kronstrand, R., & Kintz, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- Linköping University (SE)
- Venue
- Forensic Science International
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-05
- Volume
- 218
- Issue
- 1-3
- Pages
- 20-24
- ISSN
- 0379-0738 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2161340031
- Cited by
- 712
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 31.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Forensic Science International (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Analytical chemistry methods development
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Pharmacological Effects and Assays
- Keywords
- hair drug testing, forensic hair analysis, sample collection, sample storage, sample preparation, pretreatment, cut-off concentration
- MeSH terms
- Chromatography, Gas, Chromatography, Liquid, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Hair, Humans, Narcotics, Quality Control, Specimen Handling, Substance Abuse Detection, Tandem Mass Spectrometry
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