Cocaine contamination in pubic hair: Analysis of the decontamination method

Even if pubic hair represents a reliable and widely accepted alternative hair matrix to identify drug abusers, it might produce false positive results due to external contamination. The aim of this study was to verify whether the external contamination of pubic hair with cocaine could influence the...

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Main Authors: Guido Romano, Francesca Indorato, Giorgio Spadaro, Salvatore Barbera, Nunziata Barbera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-12-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090536X1400077X