Pinellas County Forensic Lab - Publications

 

Reta Newman

• Foggy JR and Newman R. “Thin-Layer Chromatography of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Gammabutyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-Butanediol.” Pinellas County Forensic Laboratory, June 1999.
  
• Newman, R. Chapter 5: ASTM Approach to Fire Debris Analysis in Fire Scene Evidence (Jose Almirall and Kenneth Furton, eds), CRC Press, New York, 2004 (Chapter 5).
  
• Newman, R. Chapter 5: Modern Laboratory Techniques Involved in the Analysis of Fire Debris Samples in Fire Investigation (Niamh Nic Daeid, editor), CRC Press, New York, 2004 (Chapter 5).
  
• Newman, R. Chapter 6: Interpretation of Laboratory Data in Fire Investigation (Niamh Nic Daeid, editor), CRC Press, New York, 2004 (Chapter 6).
  
• Newman, R. “New and Unusual Ignitable Liquids,”  SAFS Newsletter, VOL XXIII, No. 2, September 1995, pp. 27-31.
  
• Newman RT, Dietz WR, and Lothridge K.  “The Use of Activated Charcoal Strips for Fire Debris Extractions by Passive Diffusion.  Part 1:   “The Effects of Time, Temperature, Strip Size and Concentration in the use of Activated Charcoal Strips in Fire Debris Analysis.”  Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 41, Number 3, May 1996:. 361-370.
  Newman R, Gilbert M, and Lothridge K. The GC-MS Guide to Ignitable Liquids. CRC Press, New York, 1998.
  
• Stauffer, Dolan,  and Newman.  Fire Debris Analysis.  Elsevier, New York,  2007.
  
• Tindall, Reta and Lothridge, Kevin. “An Evaluation of 42 Accelerant Detection Canine Teams,” Journal of Forensic Sciences, JFSCA, Vol. 40, No. 4, July, 1995: 561-564.

 

Michael Gilbert

• Gilbert, M. The Use of Individual Extracted Ion Profiles Versus Summed Extracted Ion Profiles in Fire Debris Analysis. Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume 43 No. 4 July 1998: 871 – 876.
  
• Mills T, Roberson JC, Wall WH, Lothridge K, McDougall WD, and Gilbert M. Instrumental Data for Drug Analysis,  2nd Edition, Volume 6 and 7. CRC Press, New York, 1996.
  
• Newman R, Gilbert M, and Lothridge K. The GC-MS Guide to Ignitable Liquids. CRC Press, New York, 1998.
  
•  “The Differentiation of LSD and LAMPA by GC/MS/IRD”, Poster Presentation American Academy of Forensic Science, 1996.

 

Michele Merves

• Chin JM, Merves ML, Goldberger BA, Sampson-Cone A, Cone EJ. Caffeine Content of Brewed Teas. J. Analyt. Toxicol. 2008; 32(8): 702-704.
  
• Goldberger BA, Chronister CW and Merves ML: Quantitation of Benzodiazepines in Blood and Urine using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). in Clinical Applications of Mass Spectrometry (U. Garg and C.A. Hammett-Stabler, eds). Humana Press, 2010 (pp. 75-87).
  
• Goldberger BA, Chronister CW and Merves ML: Quantitation of Fentanyl in Blood and Urine using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). in Clinical Applications of Mass Spectrometry (U. Garg and C.A. Hammett-Stabler, eds).  Humana Press, 2010 (pp. 245-252).
  
• Goldberger BA, Chronister CW and Merves ML: Quantitation of Opioids in Blood and Urine using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). in Clinical Applications of Mass Spectrometry (U. Garg and C.A. Hammett-Stabler, eds).  Humana Press, 2010 (pp. 399-410).
  
• Goldberger BA, Chronister CW and Merves ML: Quantitation of Oxycodone in Blood and Urine using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). in Clinical Applications of Mass Spectrometry (U. Garg and C.A. Hammett-Stabler, eds). Humana Press, 2010 (pp. 453-460).
  
• McAuliffe PF, Gold MS, Bajpai L, Merves ML, Frost-Pineda K, Pomm RM, Goldberger BA, Melker RJ, Cendan JC. Second-hand exposure to aerosolized intravenous anesthetics propofol and fentanyl may cause sensitization and subsequent opiate addiction among anesthesiologists and surgeons. Medical Hypotheses 2006; 66(5): 874-882.
  
• Merves M, Bobbitt B, Parker K, Kishore BK, Choo D. Developmental Expression of Aquaporin 2 in the Mouse Inner Ear. The Laryngoscope 2000; 110(11): 1925-1930.
  
• Merves ML and Goldberger BA. Heroin. in Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, Second Edition (P. J. Worsfold, A. Townshend and C. F. Poole, eds), Elsevier, Oxford, Vol. 4, 2005 (pp. 260-266).
  
• Merves ML and Goldberger BA. Forensic Toxicology. in Principles and Practices of Addictions in Law and Medicine. (N. Miller, ed). Elsevier, 2010 (pp. 193-201).
  
• Merves M and Goldberger B. “OxyContin Abuse Grows.” Clinical and Forensic Toxicology News. Dec 2001: 7-8.
  
• Merves ML and Goldberger BA. Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Method Validation in Chromatographic Applications. in Chromatographic Methods in Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology (R. Bertholf and R. Winecker, eds). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2007 (pp. 1-14).
  
• Merves M, Krane CM, Dou H, Greinwald JH, Menon AG, Choo D. Expression of Aquaporin 1 and 5 in the Developing Mouse Inner Ear and Audiovestibular Assessment of an Aqp5 Null Mutant. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2003; 4(2): 264-275.
  
• Murray RA, Doering PL, Boothby LA, Merves ML, McCusker RR, Chronister CW, Goldberger BA. Putting an Ecstasy Test Kit to the Test: Harm Reduction or Harm Induction? Pharmacotherapy 2003; 23(10): 1238-1244.
  
• O'Dell LE, Bruijnzeel AW, Smith RT, Parsons LH, Merves ML, Goldberger BA, Richardson HN, Koob GF, Markou A. Diminished nicotine withdrawal in adolescent rats: implications for vulnerability to addiction. Psychopharmacology 2006; 186(4): 612-619.
  
• O'Mara RJ, Thombs DL, Wagenaar AC, Rossheim ME, Merves ML, Hou W, Dodd VJ, Pokorny SB, Weiler RM, Goldberger BA. Alcohol Price and Intoxication in College Bars. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2009; 33(11): 1973-1980.
  
• Thombs DL, O’Mara R, Dodd VJ, Hou W, Merves ML, Weiler RM, Pokorny SB, Goldberger BA, Reingle J, Werch C. A Field Study of Bar-Sponsored Drink Specials and their Associations with Patron Intoxication. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2009; 70(2): 206-214.
  
• Thombs DL, O’Mara R, Dodd V, Merves M, Weiler R, Goldberger BA, Pokorny SB, Moore C, Reingle J, Gullet S. Event-Specific Analyses of Poly-Drug Abuse and Concomitant Risk Behavior in a College Bar District in Florida. Journal of American College Health 2009; 57(6): 575-585.
  
• Thombs DL, O’Mara R, Hou W, Wagenaar AC, Dong HJ, Merves ML, Goldberger BA, Weiler RM, Dodd VJ, Clapp JD C. 5-HTTLPR Genotype and Associations with Intoxication and Intention to Drive: Results from a Field Study of Bar Patrons. Addict Biol. 2010 June 23 [Epub ahead of print].
  
• Thombs DL, O’Mara RJ, Tuskamoto M, Rossheim ME, Weiler RM, Merves ML, Goldberger BA. Event-Level Analyses of Energy Drink Consumption and Alcohol Intoxication in Bar Patrons. Addictive Behaviors 2010; 35: 325-330.

 

Denise Fernandez

• Williams, Fernandez, Bridge, Dorrien, Elliott, and Sigman. Adsorption saturation and chromatographic distortion effects on passive headspace sampling with activated charcoal in fire debris analysis. Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume 50, Issue 2 (March 2005): 316 – 325.

 

Jenna Chin

• Chin, Jenna M., Michele L. Merves, Bruce A. Goldberger, Angela Sampson-Cone, and Edward J. Cone. "Technical Note: Caffeine Content of Brewed Teas." Journal of Analytical Toxicology 32 (2008): 702-04.