Analysis of pharmaceutical impurities in the methamphetamine crystals seized for drug trafficking in Korea

Forensic Science International

Volumn 227, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 48-51

  Choe, Sanggil ^a   Heo, Sewoong ^a   Choi, Hyeyoung ^a   Kim, Eunmi ^a   Chung, Heesun ^a   Lee, Jaesin ^a  

^a National Forensic Service   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cold drug; Methamphetamine (MA); Pharmaceutical impurity; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; DRUG IMPURITY; DRUG TRAFFIC; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KOREA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84875583506     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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