A logical framework to ballpoint ink dating interpretation

Science and Justice

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 118-125

  Weyermann, Céline ^a   Schiffer, Beatrice ^a   Margot, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayes; Dating; Ink; Phenoxyethanol; Questioned documents; Validation

Indexed keywords

INK;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

EID: 50349103359     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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