Application of micro-attenuated total reflectance fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to ink examination in signatures written with ballpoint pen on questioned documents

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 800-805

  Nam, Yun Sik ^a   Park, Jin Sook ^a   Lee, Yeonhee ^a   Lee, Kang Bong ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ballpoint pen; Forensic science; Intersecting lines; Micro attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Questioned documents; Signature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899057188     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12405     Document Type: Article

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