Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes as indicative of geographical origin of marijuana samples seized in the city of São Paulo (Brazil)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-15

  Shibuya, Elisa K ^a,b   Sarkis, Jorge E S ^a   Negrini Neto, Osvaldo ^c   Martinelli, Luiz A ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Criminalística SP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drug sourcing; Linear discriminant analysis; Marijuana; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CARBON; CARBON 13; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLIMATE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRUG TRAFFIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

EID: 33947207975     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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