Determination of cocaine and heroin with their respective metabolites in human hair using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Analytical Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2307-2316

  Lopez P ^a   Bermejo, A ^a   Tabernero, M ^a   Fernandez P ^a   Alvarez I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Hair; Opiates; Solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746826132     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710600755769     Document Type: Article

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