Geological trace evidence: Forensic and legal perspectives

Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 221-237

  Keaney, Antoinette ^a   Ruffell, Alastair ^a   McKinley, Jennifer ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84888024770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9204-6_14     Document Type: Chapter

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