The Quantitation of Cocaine on U.S. Currency: Survey and Significance of the Levels of Contamination

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 616-624

  Jourdan, Thomas H ^a   Veitenheimer, Allison M ^b   Murray, Cynthia K ^a   Wagner, Jarrad R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Contamination of currency; Forensic science; Gas chromatography; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876729302     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12097     Document Type: Article

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