Seized methamphetamine samples with unique profiles of stable nitrogen isotopic composition documented by stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry

Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-123

  Iwata, Yuko T ^a   Kuwayama, Kenji ^a   Tsujikawa, Kenji ^a   Miyaguchi, Hajime ^a   Kanamori, Tatsuyuki ^a   Inoue, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphetamine type stimulants (ATS); Crystals of different sources; Gas chromatography; Impurity profiling; Methamphetamine seizure; Stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77956094865     PISSN: 18608965     EISSN: 18608973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-010-0094-x     Document Type: Article

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