Detection of buphedrone in biological and non-biological material - Two case reports

Forensic Science International

Volumn 227, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 15-20

  Zuba, Dariusz ^a   Adamowicz, Piotr ^a   Byrska, Bogumiła ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Buphedrone; Cathinones; LC MS MS

Indexed keywords

BUPHEDRONE; BUTYROPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ILLICIT DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEATH; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BUTYROPHENONES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DESIGNER DRUGS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLAMINES; POWDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84875590690     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.08.034     Document Type: Article

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