Аннтотация
© 2018 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved. The application of the screening techniques for the purpose of chemical toxicological and forensic chemical analysis has the objective to detect and identify the life-threatening substances within the shortest possible time period for distinguishing them from a large number of other chemical compounds amenable to the toxicological evaluation. Such methods acquire special importance for forensic chemical expertise in the cases of a negative result of the primary examination. The present article provides information about the history of development of the screening techniques.