Quality and the trace detection and identification of organic high explosives*

Forensic Investigation of Explosions, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 539-583

  Doyle, Sean ^a  

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DOI: 10.1201/b11938-19     Document Type: Chapter

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