New perspectives in the use of ink evidence in forensic science: Part I. Development of a quality assurance process for forensic ink analysis by HPTLC

Forensic Science International

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Neumann, Cedric ^a,b   Margot, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Digital capture; Ink; Interpretation; Standardisation; Statistics

Indexed keywords

INK;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DATA BASE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 60349119921     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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