Gold is going forensic

Gold Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-77

  Mohamed, Ahmed A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fingerprints; Forensic; Gold

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052566113     PISSN: 00171557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13404-011-0013-x     Document Type: Review

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