The natural sampling of airborne trace signals from explosives concealed upon the human body

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1324-1331

  Gowadia, H A ^a   Settles, G S ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Explosive detection; Flow visualization; Forensic science; Heat transfer; Human body; Human thermal plume; Natural sampling; RDX; TNT

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLOTHING; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HEAT TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034752645     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs15153j     Document Type: Article

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