A New Method for Collection and Identification of Gunshot Residues from the Hands of Shooters

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1269-1274

  Reis, Edson L T ^c   Sarkis, Jorge E Souza ^b   Neto, Osvaldo N ^a   Rodrigues, Claudio ^c   Kakazu, Maurício H ^c   Viebig, Sônia ^a  

^a Inst de Criminalistica de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antimony; Barium; Collection; Forensic science; Gunshot residues; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Lead

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; EDETIC ACID; GUNPOWDER; LEAD; NITRIC ACID; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0242610969     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002441     Document Type: Article

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