Physical evidence in drug intelligence, Part 1: Rationale based on hierarchic distribution of drugs using pyrolysis gas chromatography –mass spectrometry as an example

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-106

  Huttunen, Juuso ^a,b   Austin, Chris ^a   Dawson, Michael ^a   Roux, Claude ^a   Robertson, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Forensic and Technical   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesive tapes; Drug intelligence; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950301334     PISSN: 00450618     EISSN: 1834562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00450610701650070     Document Type: Article

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