Hair analysis for cocaine: Factors in laboratory contamination studies and their relevance to proficiency sample preparation and hair testing practices

Forensic Science International

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-33

  Hill, Virginia ^a   Cairns, Thomas ^a   Schaffer, Michael ^a  

^a Psychemedics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Contamination; Hair analysis; Hair Porosity; Sweat

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; SHAMPOO;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEAT;

EID: 39449097899     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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