Science & Justice
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 2-7 , March 2008

Employing components-of-variance to evaluate forensic breath test instruments

Received 21 April 2006 ,Accepted 18 January 2007.

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PII: S1355-0306(07)00023-8

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2007.01.001

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