Detection of misreported drug use in forensic populations: an overview of hair
analysis.
K. S. Kelly and R. Rogers,
Bull. Amer. Acad. Psychiatry & the Law
24(1): 85-94, 1996.
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). RIAH 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
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