Street-level heroin seizures in Iran: A survey of components

Journal of Substance Use

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 348-355

  Akhgari, Maryam ^a   Jokar, Farzaneh ^a   Bahmanabadi, Leila ^a   Aleagha, Afshar Etemadi ^b  

^a LEGAL MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Forensic toxicology; Iran; Street heroin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCODEINE; CAFFEINE; CODEINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIAMORPHINE; DIAZEPAM; ILLICIT DRUG; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; NOSCAPINE; PAPAVERINE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; IRAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863844877     PISSN: 14659891     EISSN: 14759942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2011.592898     Document Type: Article

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