Collection of trace evidence of explosive residues from the skin in a death due to a disguised letter bomb. The synergy between confocal laser scanning microscope and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer analyses

Forensic Science International

Volumn 197, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages

  Turillazzi, Emanuela ^a   Monaci, Fabrizio ^b   Neri, Margherita ^a   Pomara, Cristoforo ^a   Riezzo, Irene ^a   Baroni, Davide ^b   Fineschi, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscope; Explosive residues; Explosive related death; Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; AUTOPSY; BLAST INJURY; BLEEDING; BOMB; BURN; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTUSION; FATALITY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SKIN; SKIN ABRASION;

EID: 77950300656     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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