Effectiveness of contamination prevention procedures in a Trace Explosives Laboratory

Science and Justice

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 120-124

  Beardah, Matthew S ^a   Doyle, Sean P ^a   Hendey, Charlotte E ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti contamination; Explosives; Forensic; Trace

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECONTAMINATION; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES;

EID: 35348887942     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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