Science & Justice
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The interpretation of elemental composition measurements from forensic glass evidence III

  • Gareth P. Campbell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, University of Auckland, Private Bag 90219, Auckland, New Zealand
    • ,
  • James M. Curran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Private Bag 90219, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +64 9 3731599x86893; fax: +64 9 3737018.

Received 3 March 2008 ,Revised 11 September 2008 ,Accepted 13 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2008.09.001

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