Cocaine profiling for strategic intelligence purposes, a cross-border project between France and Switzerland. Part I. Optimisation and harmonisation of the profiling method

Forensic Science International

Volumn 167, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 220-228

  Lociciro, S ^a   Hayoz, P ^a   Esseiva, P ^a   Dujourdy, L ^b   Besacier, F ^b   Margot, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Centre Universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaloid stability; Cocaine; Cutting agents; Derivatisation agent; Drug profiling; GC FID; Storage conditions

Indexed keywords

3,4,5 TRIMETHOXYCOCAINE; ALKALOID; BENZOYLECGONINE; CHLOROFORM; CINNAMOYLCOCAINE; COCAINE; COCAINE DERIVATIVE; ECGONINE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; ILLICIT DRUG; NORCOCAINE; PSEUDOTROPINE BENZOATE; PYRIDINE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG TRAFFIC; FRANCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33947426338     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.06.052     Document Type: Article

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