Interpreting the color effect of melanin on cocaine and benzoylecgonine assays for hair analysis: Brown and black samples compared

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-15

  Mieczkowski, Tom ^a   Kruger, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair analysis; Hair analysis of cocaine; Hair color bias; Hair color effect on assays

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; EFFECT SIZE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MELANINS; ROC CURVE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 33845666928     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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