Methamphetamine impurity profiling using a 0.32 mm i.d. nonpolar capillary column

Forensic Science International

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-47

  Inoue, Hiroyuki ^a   Kanamori, Tatsuyuki ^a   Iwata, Yuko T ^a   Ohmae, Yoshihito ^a   Tsujikawa, Kenji ^a   Saitoh, Shuji ^a   Kishi, Tohru ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography; Impurities; Methamphetamine

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; DECANE; HEXADECANE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DRUG IMPURITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0043170958     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00176-2     Document Type: Article

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