Science & Justice
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 107-113 , June 2009

Stable isotope profiling of burnt wooden safety matches

  • Nicola Farmer

      Affiliations

    • Environmental Forensics and Human Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • James Curran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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  • David Lucy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
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  • Niamh Nic Daeid

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Forensic Science, Dept. of Pure and Applied Chemistry, WestCHEM, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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  • Wolfram Meier-Augenstein

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Anatomy & Human Identification, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
    • Scottish Crop Research Institute, Stable Isotope Laboratory, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom

Received 10 August 2008 ,Revised 18 March 2009 ,Accepted 28 March 2009.

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PII: S1355-0306(09)00058-6

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2009.03.007

Science & Justice
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 107-113 , June 2009