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| MILLER, Jeri D. Ropero, e outro Analysis of cocaine analytes in human hair II [Documento electrónico] : evaluation of different hair color and ethnicity types : final report / Jeri D. Ropero Miller, Peter R. Stout.- [Research Triangle Park, NC] : ed. do a., 2011.- 1 CD-ROM ; 12 cm "Research report [prepared by] RTI International submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. NIJ Award No. 2008-DN-BX-K179". Ficheiro de 90 Mb em formato pdf (235 p.). Também disponível através de: https://www.ncjrs.gov/app/publications/Abstract.aspx?id=256586. Acedido a 20 de Julho de 2011. ANÁLISE LABORATORIAL, ANÁLISE DE CABELO, COCAÍNA List of acronyms. Executive summary. Statement of the problem. Research purpose. Research design and methods. Findings. Stage I: Collection and analysis of donor hair samples. Stage II: Characterization of collected hair by microscopy. Stage III: Surface contamination of hair with COC HCl powder. Stage IV: Decontamination of hair. Stage V: Characterization of decontaminated hair. Stage VI: Analysis of hair by LC-MS/MS. Stage VII: Analysis of wash fractions. Conclusions. 1. Introduction. 1.1 Background. 1.2 Statement of the problem. 1.3 Literature review. 1.3.1 Utility of hair testing for detection of drugs of abuse. 1.3.2 Factors that may contribute to hair color/ethnicity biases. 1.3.3 Results of previous RTI investigations supporting this study. 1.3.4 Contamination studies in the literature. 1.4 Rationale for the research. 2. Research design and methods. 2.1 Experimental design — contamination of hair with pharmaceutical cocaine. 2.1.1 Subject and sample collection criteria. 2.1.2 Morphological characterization of hair. 2.1.3 Reagents and analytes for contamination and decontamination. 2.1.4 Hair contamination and decontamination methods. 2.1.5 Analytical sample preparation. 2.1.6 LC-MS/MS analyses. 2.1.7 Analysis of specimens by reference laboratory. 2.1.8 Statistical analysis procedures. 2.1.9 Modifications to research design and rationale. 3. Results. 3.1 Evaluation of subject hair for study inclusion. 3.2 Morphological examination. 3.3 Validation of COC, BE, CE, and NCOC. 3.4 Analyte concentrations after decontamination. 3.4.1 Cocaine. 3.4.2 CE. 3.4.3 NCOC. 3.4.4 BE. 3.4.5 BE/COC Ratios. 3.4.6 Decision criteria. 3.4.7 Addition of wash criterion. 3.4.8 Parallel results study (RTI and Reference Laboratory). 3.5 Conclusions. 3.5.1 Implications for policy and practice. 3.5.2 Implications for further research. 5. References. 6. Dissemination of research findings. List of figures. |