Profiling of illegal amphetamine-type stimulant tablets in Japan

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-137

  Makino, Yukiko ^a   Tanaka, Satoshi ^a   Kurobane, Shingo ^a   Nakauchi, Masato ^a   Terasaki, Takahiro ^a   Ohta, Shigeru ^b  

^a Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphetamine type stimulant; Characterization; Ecstasy; N methyl 3,4 methylenedioxyamphetamine; Profiling

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CAFFEINE; EPHEDRINE; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; N ETHYL 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TABLET; WEIGHT;

EID: 1842696956     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.49.129     Document Type: Article

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