Levels of trace and major elements in illicit heroin

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 959-963

  Bora, Taner ^a   Merdivan, Melek ^a   Hamamci, Candan ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Absorption emission spectrometry; Contamination; Element; Forensic science; Heroin; Impurity profiling

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0036379905     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs15501j     Document Type: Article

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