Evaluation of the possibility of differentiation between various types of ammunition by means of GSR examination with SEM-EDX method

Forensic Science International

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-47

  Brozek Mucha, Zuzanna ^a   Jankowicz, Agnieszka ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cartridge discharge residues (CDR); Gunshot residues (GSR); Non parametric statistical methods; Rank correlation coefficients: R Spearman and Kendall; SEM EDX; Wilcoxon sum rank test

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON; GUNPOWDER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENERGY; FIREARM; HAND; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0035891493     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(01)00518-7     Document Type: Article

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