Identification of impurities and statistical classification of methamphetamine hydrochloride drugs seized in China

Forensic Science International

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 13-19

  Zhang, Jian Xin ^a   Zhang, Da Ming ^a   Han, Xu Guang ^b  

^a Beijing Public Security Bureau   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Methamphetamine hydrochloride; Profiling of impurities

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; EPHEDRINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 56349098748     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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