Investigation of trace inorganic elements in street doses of heroin

Science and Justice

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-80

  Chan, Kar Weng ^a,b   Tan, Guan Huat ^a   Wong, Richard C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Kemeneterian Sains Teknologi dan Inovasi   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heroin; ICP MS; PCA; Profiling; Trace inorganic elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXIDE; DIAMORPHINE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; SODIUM; STREET DRUG; WATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84873177958     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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