Pathology, Toxicogenetics, and Criminalistics of Drug Abuse

by MD, FFFLM, Steven B. Karch (Editor)

Overview

Beginning with a definition and explanation of scheduling of controlled substances, Pathology, Toxicogenetics, and Criminalistics of Drug Abuse covers investigative methods for all illegal drugs and several legitimate pharmaceuticals that are used illicitly, including steroids. It covers the latest techniques used to analyze drugs in the forensic laboratory including physical characteristics and chemical confirmatory tests. It discusses new theories and findings in toxicogenetics, details pathologic changes in the body due to drug use, and examines specific effects on the heart, lung, and central nervous system. More that 70 tables and figures illustrate and complement the text and the information is supported by extensive references

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040081228
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/09/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Steven B. Karch MD, FFFLM

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Criminalistics of Controlled Substances, Chapter 2 Overview of Pathology of Drug Abuse: Scene of Death and the Autopsy, Chapter 3 Heart Disease, Chapter 4 Vascular Effects of Substance Abuse, Chapter 5 Myocardial Alterations in Drug Abusers, Chapter 6 Valvular Heart Disease, Chapter 7 Lung Disease, Chapter 8 isorders of the Central Nervous System, Chapter 9 Toxicogenetics in Drug Abuse: Pharmacogenomics for Toxicology, Chapter 10 Toxicogenetics in Drug Abuse: Heritable Channelopathies and Myopathies, Index