Drug intelligence based on organic impurities in illicit MA samples

Forensic Science International

Volumn 177, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 153-161

  Dujourdy, L ^a   Dufey, V ^a   Besacier, F ^a   Miano, N ^a   Marquis, R ^b   Lock, E ^c   Aalberg, L ^d   Dieckmann, S ^e   Zrcek, F ^f   Bozenko, J S ^g  

^a Centre Universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

^e Bundeskriminalamt   (Germany)

^f Policejni akademie Ceske republicky v Praze   (Czech Republic)

^g Drug Enforcement Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug profiling; GC MS; MA; Organic impurities; Statistics; Synthesis routes

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG IMPURITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TRAFFIC; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 41649118960     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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