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Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 127-137 , September 2010

A population study of polyurethane foam fragments recovered from the surface of 100 outer-garments

G. Reed
- LGC Forensics, F5 Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3ED, UK
- Centre for Forensic Science, Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1XW, UK
- Corresponding author. Centre for Forensic Science, Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1XW, UK. Tel.: +44 141 548 4519; fax: +44 141 548 2532.
C. Lofts
- Centre for Forensic Science, Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1XW, UK
- Hawkins, 1 Olton Bridge, 245 Warwick Road, Olton, Birmingham, B92 7AH, UK
T. Coyle
- LGC Forensics, F5 Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3ED, UK
- Contact Traces Ltd, The Centre for Innovation & Enterprise, Begbroke Science Park, Sandy Lane, Yarnton, Oxford, OX5 1PF, UK

Received 14 June 2009 ,Revised 8 November 2009 ,Accepted 9 November 2009.

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