Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault: Detection and Stability of Benzodiazepines in Spiked Drinks Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Lata Gautam; Sarah D. Sharratt; Michael D. Cole

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089031

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Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault: Detection and Stability of Benzodiazepines in Spiked Drinks Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Lata Gautam ,

* E-mail: Lata.Gautam@anglia.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Sarah D. Sharratt,

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Michael D. Cole

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault: Detection and Stability of Benzodiazepines in Spiked Drinks Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Lata Gautam,
Sarah D. Sharratt,
Michael D. Cole

Published: February 19, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089031

About the Authors

Lata Gautam

* E-mail: Lata.Gautam@anglia.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sarah D. Sharratt

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Michael D. Cole

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG MDC. Performed the experiments: SDS. Analyzed the data: LG SDS MDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LG SDS. Wrote the paper: LG MDC SDS.

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