Specific traces in stun gun deployment

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 207-212

  Schmiederer, Bert ^a   Du Chesne, Alfred ^a   Schmidt, Peter Fritz ^a   Brinkmann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA; Electric shocking device; Stun gun; Taser; Trace evidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; TEXTILE; WEAPON; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

CLOTHING; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SKIN; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 21744455895     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0532-1     Document Type: Article

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