Concentrations of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, cocaine and 6-monoacetylmorphine in hair of drug abusers

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 294-299

  Kauert, G ^a   Rohrich J ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

6 MAM; Cocaine; Consumption behaviour; Drugs in hair; GC MS analysis; Heroin; Methanol sonication extraction; Morphine; Simultaneous detection; TCH

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DRONABINOL; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; CRIME; DESIGNER DRUGS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREET DRUGS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 0029980968     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02432123     Document Type: Article

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