First Meeting of the European Academy of Forensic Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1997: The persistence of gunshot residue on shooters' hands

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-52

  Jalanti, T ^a   Henchoz, P ^a   Gallusser, A ^b   Bonfanti, M S ^b  

^a Microscan Service SA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUNPOWDER;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIME; FIREARM; FORENSIC SCIENCE; OFFENDER; ARTICLE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAND; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

FIREARMS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAND; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032600687     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1355-0306(99)72014-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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