Documentation of a heroin manufacturing process in Afghanistan

Bulletin on Narcotics

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 11-31

  Zerell, U ^a   Ahrens, B ^a   Gerz, P ^a  

^a Federal Criminal Police Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; COUNTERFEIT DRUG; DIAMORPHINE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; MORPHINE; OPIATE; STREET DRUG;

AFGHANISTAN; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PACKAGING; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAPAVER; STANDARD; SYNTHESIS;

ACETONE; AFGHANISTAN; COMMERCE; COUNTERFEIT DRUGS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG PACKAGING; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GERMANY; HEROIN; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY CHEMICALS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MORPHINE; OPIUM; PAPAVER; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 34548514476     PISSN: 0007523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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