Profiling and classification of illicit heroin by ICP-MS analysis of inorganic elements.

Nineteen inorganic elements (Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, P, Pb, Se, Sb, Th, Tl, U, V and Zn) in heroin samples were determined using inductive coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). After Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test and correlation analysis, 10 element contents (P, V, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn,...

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Published in:Forensic Science International Vol. 239; pp. 37 - 44
Main Authors: Liu, Cuimei, Hua, Zhendong, Bai, Yanping, Liu, Yao
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2014
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