Field detection capability of immunochemical assays during criminal investigations involving the use of TNT

Forensic Science International

Volumn 246, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-30

  Romolo, Francesco Saverio ^a,b   Ferri, Elida ^c   Mirasoli, Mara ^c   D'Elia, Marcello ^d   Ripani, Luigi ^e   Peluso, Giuseppe ^e   Risoluti, Roberta ^a   Maiolini, Elisabetta ^c   Girotti, Stefano ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Emilia Romagna Regional Bureau of Scientific Police   (Italy)

^e Scientific Investigation Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Trinitrotoluene (TNT); Chemiluminescence; ELISA; Explosives; LFIA; On site tests

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CHEMILUMINESCENT LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPLOSION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HAND; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENCE; PROCEDURES; SKIN; SOIL;

EXPLOSIVE; SOIL; TRINITROTOLUENE;

COLORIMETRY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SOIL; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EID: 84912017625     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.10.037     Document Type: Article

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