Determination of drugs of abuse in hair: Evaluation of external heroin contamination and risk of false positives

Forensic Science International

Volumn 131, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 98-102

  Romano, Guido ^a   Barbera, Nunziata ^a   Spadaro, Giorgio ^a   Valenti, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contamination; Hair analysis; Heroin; Opiates

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037469295     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00413-9     Document Type: Article

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