Analysis of pigmented inkjet printer inks and printed documents by laser desorption?mass spectrometry

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Donnelly, Shawn ^a   Marrero, Josette E ^a   Cornell, Trevor ^a   Fowler, Kevin ^a   Allison, John ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Inkjet printing; Inks; Mass spectrometry; Pigments; Questioned document examination

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249121301     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01244.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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