USGS42 and USGS43: Human-hair stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopic reference materials and analytical methods for forensic science and implications for published measurement results

Forensic Science International

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 135-141

  Coplen, Tyler B ^a   Qi, Haiping ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen isotopes; Keratin; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FRACTIONATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84855207445     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.07.035     Document Type: Article

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