Underground pill testing, down under

Forensic Science International

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-58

  Camilleri, Andrew M ^a   Caldicott, David ^b  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecstasy; Ketamine; Pill testing kits; Pills; Rave; Spot test reagents

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CAFFEINE; ILLICIT DRUG; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLORIMETRY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PILL; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TABLET;

EID: 20444426561     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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