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GC in Forensic Toxicology

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This chapter describes the importance and the use of gas chromatography (GC) in forensic toxicology. GC is for instance commonly applied in the determination of volatile compounds. Ethanol determination, congener analysis and the determination of further volatile substances by means of headspace techniques are described as exemplary uses. Moreover, GC-MS plays an important role in the confirmation analysis of drugs of abuse. Other fields of application of GC-MS are hair testing and systematic toxicological analyses. In each section, application examples are given and relevant particularities are discussed in the context of forensic analysis.

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  1. Forensischer Toxikologe GTFCH, Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Jörg Teske

  2. Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Urs-Vito Albrecht

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Teske, J., Albrecht, UV. (2014). GC in Forensic Toxicology. In: Dettmer-Wilde, K., Engewald, W. (eds) Practical Gas Chromatography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54640-2_22

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