Canine human scent identifications with post-blast debris collected from improvised explosive devices

Forensic Science International

Volumn 199, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 103-108

  Curran, Allison M ^a   Prada, Paola A ^a   Furton, Kenneth G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine teams; Human odor; Improvised explosive device (IED); Peroxide based explosions; Post blast debris

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE; PEROXIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL USE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BOMB; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL CUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DOG; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 77953128201     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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