Chapters of general nature.- How to handle biological specimens.- Alternative specimens.- Pitfalls and cautions in analysis of drugs and poisons.- Pretreatments of human specimens.- Detection methods.- A computer system for diagnosis of causative drugs and poisons developed by the Japan Poison Information Center (Tokyo).- Practical use of the poison-net developed by the Japan Information Network (Hiroshima).- Problems in toxin analysis in emergency medicine.- Analysis of chemical warfare agents and their related compounds.- Chapters on specific toxins.- Carbon monoxide.- Hydrogen sulfide and its metabolite.- Cyanide.- Methanol and formic acid.- Ethanol.- Chloroform and dichloromethane.- Toluene, benzene, xylene and styrene.- Alkyl nitrites.- Components of gasoline and kerosene.- Amphetamines and their metabolites.- Cannabinoids and their metabolites.- Morphine and its analogues.- Cocaine and its metabolites.- Pentazocine.- Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).- 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamines.- Phencyclidine.- ?-Hydroxybutyric acid.- Phenothiazines.- Butyrophenones.- Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants.- Benzodiazepines.- Bromisovalum.- Barbiturates.- Diphenylmethane antihistaminics.- Propionic acid derivative analgesic-antipyretics.- Acetaminophen (paracetamol).- Acetylsalicylic acid.- Antiepileptics.- Muscle relaxants.- ?-Blockers.- Local anaesthetics.- Salicylic acid.- ?-Lactam antibiotics.- Hypochlorite.- Benzalkonium chlorides.- Hair dyes.- Permethrin.- Boric acid.- Naphthalene.- p-Dichlorobenzene.- Ethylene glycol.- Aconite toxins.- Mushroom toxins.- Tetrodotoxin.- Methylxanthine derivatives.- Nicotine and cotinine.- Tropane alkaloids.- Oleander toxins.- Simultaneous analysis of pesticides by GC/MS.- Organophosphorus pesticides.- Glufosinate and glyphosate.-Carbamate pesticides.- Paraquat and diquat.- Cresol.- Diazine and triazine herbicides.- Coumarin rodenticides.- Sarin and its decomposition products.- VX and its decomposition products.- Sodium azide.- Arsenic compounds and other inorganic poisons.- Nitrate and nitrite compounds.- Methemoglobin.
