Determination of trace elements in illicit spice samples by using ICP-MS

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue , 2015, Pages 179-184

  Bora, Taner ^a   Aksoy, Çağdaş ^b   Tunay, Zeki ^c   Aydin, Firat ^c  

^a Police Department   (Turkey)

^b Diyarbakir Police Forensic Laboratory   (Turkey)

^c DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brooklime; GC MS; ICP MS; Spice; Synthetic cannabinoids; Veronica

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936859954     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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