Prenatal hair development: Implications for drug exposure determination
March 2010
in “
Forensic science international
”
TLDR Neonatal hair can help determine drug exposure during pregnancy.
The document reviewed the physiological development of hair follicles and hair production during fetal life, emphasizing the importance of understanding these mechanisms and their timing. This knowledge was crucial for accurately determining in utero drug exposure through toxicological analysis of neonatal hair, making neonatal hair a valuable matrix for such assessments.
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