Illegal route estimation of the seized illicit drug, methamphetamine, by the comparison of striation marks on plastic packaging films

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1341-1348

  Sugita, Ritsuko ^a   Sasagawa, Kaoru ^a   Suzuki, Shinichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Methamphetamine; Polarizing plate; Polymer; Route estimation; Striation marks

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METHAMPHETAMINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLASTIC; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; DRUG IMPURITY; FILM; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; JAPAN; LIGHT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PACKAGING; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

EID: 70350514460     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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