ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1986
Page Count: 5

Detection of Cocaine Metabolite in Perspiration Stain, Menstrual Bloodstain, and Hair
Smith, FP
Associate professors, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL

Liu, RH
Associate professors, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL

(Received 8 April 1985; accepted 4 February 1986)

Abstract

Low nanogram and picogram quantities of cocaine metabolite equivalents were detected in extracts from perspiration stains, menstrual bloodstains, and hair using radioimmunoassay. The theory of drug inclusion in hair and its significance are discussed.

Keywords:
criminalistics, cocaine, radioimmunoassay, body fluids, hair

Paper ID: JFS11905J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11905J
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