Determining the chronology of deposition of natural fingermarks and inks on paper using secondary ion mass spectrometry

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Volumn 139, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 4641-4653

  Attard Montalto, Nicola ^a   Ojeda, Jesús J ^a   Reynolds, Alan ^a   Ismail, Mahado ^b   Bailey, Melanie ^b   Doodkorte, Lisette ^c   De Puit, Marcel ^c   Jones, Benjamin J ^d  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906078323     PISSN: 00032654     EISSN: 13645528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4an00811a     Document Type: Article

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