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.