Multiple isotope forensics of nitrate in a wild horse poisoning incident

Forensic Science International

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 103-109

  Michalski, Greg ^a   Earman, Sam ^c   Dahman, Christa ^a   Hershey, Ronald L ^b   Mihevc, Todd ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic; Horse; Isotope; Nitrate; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; DESERT; EVAPORATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HORSE; INTOXICATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LEACHING; MANURE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URINE;

EID: 77952290095     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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