@Article{Sykutera2014,
journal="Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i  Kryminologii/Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology",
issn="0324-8267",
year="2014",
title="Determination of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in nails by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry",
abstract="Nails and hair are a biological matrix which can be analyzed to confirm the use of a xenobiotic even several months after intake. Results of nail analysis can be used, for example, as evidence in civil and criminal law cases in which a history of drug use can influence the court’s decision.   The paper presents results of analysis of a nail sample taken from a man who was suspected of trafficking cocaine. The suspect pleaded guilty to the possession of the drug for his own use because, as he claimed, he was addicted to cocaine. A nail sample was taken. Detection and quantification were carried out using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS). The concentration of cocaine in nails was found to be 47 ng/mg, and benzoylecgonine – 14 ng/mg.",
author="Sykutera, Marzena
and Piotrowski, Przemysław
and Bloch-Bogusławska, Elżbieta",
pages="165--174",
doi="10.5114/amsik.2014.48880",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/amsik.2014.48880"
}