Particle size analysis of soils under simulated scene of crime conditions: The interest of multivariate analyses

Forensic Science International

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 159-166

  Chazottes, Véronique ^a   Brocard, Christian ^b   Peyrot, Benoit ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre Universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Forensic science; Multivariate analyses; Particle size distribution; Sieving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; FORENSIC MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1242271279     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.032     Document Type: Article

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