Determination of nicotine in hair samples of pre-Columbian mummies

Forensic Science International

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 84-88

  Musshoff, F ^a   Rosendahl, W ^b   Madea, B ^a  

^a Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Germany)

^b Reiss Engelhorn Museen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Drugs; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Hair analysis; Mummy; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 60349095311     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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