Forensic applications of desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (DESI-MS)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 10-21

  Morelato, Marie ^a   Beavis, Alison ^a   Kirkbride, Paul ^b,c   Roux, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Australian Federal Police   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare agents (CWAs); Desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (DESI MS); Explosives; Gunshot residues (GSR); Illicit drugs; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; EXPLOSIVE; ILLICIT DRUG; INK;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESORPTION ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; DRUG ABUSE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84875606015     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.01.011     Document Type: Review

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