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                             6                         Mean: −31.302   Unknown



                             5                      Mean: −31.568                India



                             4                   Mean: −32.154                  Niger



                             3               Mean: −32.322                    Pakistan



                             2         Mean: −32.173                 Thailand



                             1                     Turkey   Mean: −33.561



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                              −34                  −33                   −32                  −31
                                                C-13 Enrichment (95% Confidence Interval)
                             Figure 4.6  Means and ranges of  d C (‰) of heroin samples from different
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                             geographic regions. (Constructed based on data reported in Desage, M. et al.,
                             Anal. Chim. Acta, 247, 249, 1991.)






                                   7   13                                           10  8  16
                                                                                 12       9
                                                                                          4
                                    5  14                      3        1 15       6 2 11





                               −29.5        −29        −28.5       −28        −27.5        −27
                                                           Delta 13C

                             Figure 4.7  d C values of 16 confiscated MDMA samples (From Mas, F. et al.,
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                             Forensic Sci. Int., 71, 225, 1995. With permission.)
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