Determination of gunshot residues with image analysis: An experimental study

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 802-805

  Tuǧcu, Harun ^a   Yorulmaz, Coşkun ^b   Bayraktaroǧlu, Görgün ^b   Üner, Hüseyin Bülent ^b   Karslioǧlu, Yildirim ^a   Koç, Sermet ^b   Ulukan, Mustafa Özer ^a   Celasun, Bülent ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; LEAD;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FIREARM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; STANDARDIZATION; WOUND CARE;

EID: 24944488011     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.9.802     Document Type: Article

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