The relationship between chemical concentration and odor activity value explains the inconsistency in making a comprehensive surrogate scent training tool representative of illicit drugs

Forensic Science International

Volumn 257, Issue , 2015, Pages 257-270

  Rice, Somchai ^a,b   Koziel, Jacek A ^a,b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Heroin; Marijuana; Olfactometry; SPME GC MS; Surrogate

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ESTER; ETHER; HYDROCARBON; ILLICIT DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; FRAGRANCE; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ODOR ACTIVITY VALUE; OLFACTOMETRY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SMELLING AND TASTE; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN;

CANNABIS; COCAINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEROIN; HUMANS; ODORANTS; OLFACTOMETRY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; STREET DRUGS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84942693574     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.08.027     Document Type: Article

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