An examination of the contemporary techniques used to evaluate the nonmedical use of drugs, for analysts involved in forensic drug analysis, therapeutic drug monitoring, clinical toxicology, drugs of abuse testing, and athletic drug testing. It examines the chromatographic and nonchromatographic methods available to identify, measure, and screen for nonmedical drug use, highlighting the latest technologies in immunochemical analysis, biosensors, thin-layer gas chromotography, high-performance liquid chromatography, and capillary electrophoresis. It provides a comprehensive alphabetical listing of some 400 controlled-use drugs, including the drug name, sample matrix, handling procedure, and mode of detection. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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