Application of laser ablation (LA-ICP-SF-MS) for the elemental analysis of bone and teeth samples for discrimination purposes

Forensic Science International

Volumn 195, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 17-27

  Castro, Waleska ^a   Hoogewerff, Jurian ^b   Latkoczy, Christopher ^c   Almirall, José R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bones; Elemental analysis; ICP SF MS; LA ICP SF MS; Teeth

Indexed keywords

TRACE METAL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE EXAMINATION; CALIBRATION; CEMENTUM; DENTIN; ENAMEL; FEMUR; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; LASER SURGERY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL RECOVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECTOR FIELD BASED INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOOTH;

EID: 74749083438     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.10.029     Document Type: Article

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