Quality assurance testing of an explosives trace analysis laboratory - Further improvements

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 830-837

  Crowson, Andrew ^a   Doyle, Sean P ^a   Todd, Clifford C ^a   Watson, Stuart ^a   Zolnhofer, Nicola ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Explosives; Forensic science; Gas chromatography; Quality assurance; Trace analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINE; EXPLOSIVE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34250326258     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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