Sourcing Brazilian marijuana by applying IRMS analysis to seized samples

Forensic Science International

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-43

  Shibuya, Elisa K ^a   Souza Sarkis, Jorge E ^a   Neto, Osvaldo Negrini ^b   Moreira, Marcelo Z ^c   Victoria, Reynaldo L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Criminalística SP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drug sourcing; Forensic science; Isotope signature; Marijuana; Stable isotopes mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; CONTINUOUS FLOW ISOTROPIC RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 33746981858     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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