X-ray mapping technique: A preliminary study in discriminating gunshot residue particles from aggregates of environmental occupational origin

Forensic Science International

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-46

  Cardinetti, Bruno ^a   Ciampini, Claudio ^a   D'Onofrio, Carlo ^a   Orlando, Giovanni ^a   Gravina, Luciano ^a   Ferrari, Francesco ^a   Di Tullio, Donatello ^a   Torresi, Luca ^a  

^a Reparto Carabinieri I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Gunshot residues (GSR); Scanning electron microscopy energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM EDS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; IRON; LEAD;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIELD EMISSION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; ITALY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 2642531759     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.12.022     Document Type: Article

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