THE HOMOGENIZATION OF ILLICIT HEROIN SAMPLES - AN EMPIRICAL AND STATISTICAL APPROACH

Authors
CHOW ST LEE TK SAW CG SOON TW NG TL
Citation
St. Chow et al., THE HOMOGENIZATION OF ILLICIT HEROIN SAMPLES - AN EMPIRICAL AND STATISTICAL APPROACH, Journal of forensic sciences, 38(4), 1993, pp. 885-893
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal
Journal title
Journal of forensic sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221198
Volume
38
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
885 - 893
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1198(1993)38:4<885:THOIHS>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Although methods for sampling and testing illicit heroin are well know n, a method for the homogenization of a heroin sample has not been sta tistically established. This paper reports the conditions for homogeni zing granular or powdery illicit heroin samples using a blender. The e xperimental results and statistical analysis show that the homogenizat ion of illicit heroin containing various concentrations of diamorphine can be achieved after blending for three min.