A study to investigate the evidential value of blue and black ballpoint pen inks in Australia

Forensic Science International

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-176

  Roux, Claude ^a   Novotny, Michelle ^b   Evans, Ian ^c   Lennard, Chris ^d  

^a Univ T   (Australia)

^b Forensic Document Services Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Locked B   (Australia)

^d AFP Forensic Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ballpoint pens; Document examination; Evidential value; Forensic science; Inks

Indexed keywords

INK;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLOR; FORENSIC SCIENCE; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; TECHNIQUE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033000115     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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