FORIV 355 - Pathology of Drug Abuse and Toxicology

Institution:

Mountain State University

Subject:

Description:

Prereq: jr or perm of director. Provides a comprehensive study of general principles and fundamentals of forensic toxicology, poisons, action, toxicity, postmortem characteristics, and samples required for toxicological analysis. Includes methods of collection, preservation and analysis. Specifically explores the chemical, toxicological and pathological characteristics of commonly abused drugs and details the methods employed for analysis such as color test, micro diffusion, chromatography (GC, GLC, HPLC) , mass spectrometry (MS) , GC-MS, and radioimmunoassay (RIA) . Also address the toxicologist as an expert witness. F, Sp.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mountainstate.edu

Phone Number:

(304) 253-7351

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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