Identification of individual drug crystals on paper currency using raman microspectroscopy

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-310

  Frederick, Kimberley A ^a   Pertaub, Radha ^b   Kam, Nadine Wong Shi ^b  

^a Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Currency; Drugs; Forensics; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; ISOXSUPRINE; LIDOCAINE; NOREPHEDRINE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG USE; FLUORESCENCE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; LABORATORY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; MONEY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 2942631147     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SL-120038765     Document Type: Article

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