Forensic Toxicology: An Introduction

Michael P Smith; Martin H Bluth

doi:10.1016/j.cll.2016.07.002

Forensic Toxicology: An Introduction

Clin Lab Med. 2016 Dec;36(4):753-759. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2016.07.002.

Authors

Michael P Smith¹, Martin H Bluth²

Affiliations

¹ Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA; Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Laboratory, Beaumont Laboratories, Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak, 3601 West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA. Electronic address: michaelp.smith@beaumont.org.
² Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 540 East Canfield, Detroit, MI 48201, USA; Consolidated Laboratory Management Systems, 24555 Southfield Road, Southfield, MI 48075, USA.

PMID: 27842791
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2016.07.002

Abstract

This article presents an overview of forensic toxicology. The authors describe the three components that make up forensic toxicology: workplace drug testing, postmortem toxicology, and human performance toxicology. Also discussed are the specimens that are tested, the methods used, and how the results are interpreted in this particular discipline.

Keywords: Forensic toxicology; Human performance toxicology; Postmortem toxicology; Workplace drug testing.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Autopsy
Forensic Toxicology*
Humans
Substance Abuse Detection*
Terminology as Topic*
Workplace*