Demystifying "oxi" cocaine: Chemical profiling analysis of a " new Brazilian drug" from Acre State

Forensic Science International

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 113-119

  Da Silva Junior, Ronaldo C ^a   Gomes, Cezar S ^a   Goulart Júnior, Saulo S ^b   Almeida, Fernanda V ^b   Grobério, Tatiane S ^b   Braga, Jez W B ^b   Zacca, Jorge J ^c   Vieira, Maurício L ^c   Botelho, élvio D ^c   Maldaner, Adriano O ^c  

^a Brazilian Federal Police Regional Superintendence in the State of Acre   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c Brazilian Federal Police   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acre; Cocaine; Oxi; Oxidado; PeQui

Indexed keywords

COCAINE DERIVATIVE; OXI COCAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG TRAFFIC; FORENSIC SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84864331528     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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