Preliminary investigation into the recovery of explosives from hair

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-142

  Sanders, K P ^a   Marshall, M ^a   Oxley, J C ^a,b   Smith, J L ^b   Egee, L ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosives; Forensic Science; Hair; Recovery; Trace

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; CYCLONITE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; EXPLOSIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITROBENZENE; PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRANITRATE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SAMPLING; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 0036663157     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(02)71818-2     Document Type: Article

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