Detection of metallic elements from paraffin-embedded tissue blocks by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Legal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-103

  Takahashi, Motonori ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroshi ^b   Nishiguchi, Minori ^a   Nishio, Hajime ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Element analysis; Energy dispersive X ray fluorescence spectrometry; Gunshot wound; Paraffin embedded tissue block

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; LEAD; METAL; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CONTUSION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; FIREARM; FOREIGN BODY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SKIN; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROMETER; SUICIDE; WEAPON; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METALS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 76849095306     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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