Evaluation of the composition of street cocaine seized in two regions of Brazil

Science and Justice

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 425-432

  Magalhães, Elisângela Jaqueline ^a   Nascentes, Clésia C ^a   Pereira, Leandro S A ^a   Guedes, Mário L O ^b   Lordeiro, Rogério A ^b   Auler, Lúcia M L A ^c   Augusti, Rodinei ^a   de Queiroz, Maria Eliana L R ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Institute of Criminalistics   (Brazil)

^c Nuclear Technology Development Centre   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adulterants; Brazil; Inorganic constituents; Purity; Street cocaine

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENZOCAINE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; COCAINE; DILUENT; LIDOCAINE; MANGANESE; SODIUM ION; STREET COCAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EVALUATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84887029912     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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