Science & Justice
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 154-162 , December 2011

On the frequency of occurrence of a peculiar polyester fibre type found in blue denim textiles

  • Kris De Wael

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology, Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Fibres and Textiles Laboratory, National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology, Vilvoordsesteenweg 100, 1120 Brussels, Belgium. Tel.: +32 2 243 46 22; fax: +32 2 240 05 36.
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  • Christiaan Baes

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Laurent Lepot

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology, Brussels, Belgium
    • Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, University of Liège, Belgium
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  • Fabrice Gason

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology, Brussels, Belgium

Received 22 November 2010 ,Revised 8 February 2011 ,Accepted 14 February 2011.

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PII: S1355-0306(11)00022-0

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2011.02.001

Science & Justice
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 154-162 , December 2011