Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 18-22 , March 2010

Trace evidence: Here today, gone tomorrow?

  • James Robertson

      Affiliations

    • Forensic and Data Centres, Australian Federal Police, GPO Box 401, ACT, 2601, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Claude Roux

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia

Received 18 November 2009 ,Accepted 23 November 2009.

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☆ Paper presented at 5th Triennial Conference of the European Academy of Forensic Science, Glasgow, 8–11 September 2009.

PII: S1355-0306(09)00177-4

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2009.11.005

Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 18-22 , March 2010

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