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INDAGINI FORENSI TOSSICOLOGICHE E MICROSCOPICHE

Teaching Staff

GUIDO ROMANO - Module Forensic Toxicology - MED/43 - 6 CFU
VELIA MARIA D'AGATA - Module INDAGINI MICROSCOPICHE - BIO/16 - 3 CFU

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Detailed Course Content

• Forensic Toxicology
  

  - concept of poison
  - diagnosis of poisoning
  - brief description of the pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism and
  excretion of drugs)
  - methodology of chemical-toxicological survey
  - carbon monoxide
  - drugs of abuse, ethyl alcohol, opiates and derivatives, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines,
  hallucinogens, drugs, volatile substances
  - legal aspects of drugs
  - ethyl alcohol and driving
  - research for drugs in biological and non-organic samples
  Laboratory exercises
  Extractive techniques from biological matrices for the detection of: antidepressants and
  antipsychotics, organic alkaloidal substances, benzodiazepines, opiates, cocaine and
  metabolites, methadone, cannabinoids, ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol and volatile substances.
  Specific analytical techniques: screening test, GC-MS, GC-ECD, GC-FID headspace.

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Textbook Information

• Forensic Toxicology
  

  Bertol E, Mari F, Lodi F, Marozzi E. Trattato di tossicologia forense. CEDAM, Padova, 2000.
  Bertol E. Analitica tossicologia. Aspetti tecnici interpretativi, giuridici e deontologici, Esculapio,
  2011.

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