The scientific foundation and efficacy of the use of canines as chemical detectors for explosives

Talanta

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 487-500

  Furton, Kenneth G ^a   Myers, Lawrence J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosive detector dogs; Explosive vapor detection; Solid phase microextraction

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEMODULATION; VAPORS;

CHEMICAL DETECTORS;

EXPLOSIVES;

AMINE; CYCLOHEXANONE; EXPLOSIVE; HEXANOL;

ARTICLE; DOG; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRESSURE; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035837513     PISSN: 00399140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-9140(00)00546-4     Document Type: Article

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