Judicial applications of hair testing for addicts in Crete: Sectional hair analysis of heavy heroin abusers

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 109-113

  Tsatsakis, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COURT; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GREECE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRISONER;

EID: 0031736881     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-1131(98)90027-X     Document Type: Article

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