A feasibility study on the use of double-sided adhesive coated stubs for sampling of explosive traces from hands

Forensic Science International

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 42-46

  Zeichner, Arie ^a   Abramovich Bar, Sara ^b   Tamiri, Tsippy ^b   Almog, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Israel Police   (Israel)

Author keywords

GC TEA; Gunpowder; IMS; PETN; RDX; TNT

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAND; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 58249138688     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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