Methylecgonidine coats the crack particle

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-66

  Wood, Ronald W ^a   Shojaie, Jalil ^a   Fang, Ching Ping ^a   Graefe, John F ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Crack; Drug aerosols; Methylecgonidine; Particle size aerosol; Vapor pressure

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; METHYLECGONIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COATING; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; HEATING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SMOKING; TECHNIQUE; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0029879856     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)00198-0     Document Type: Article

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