@article{ref1,
title="Detection of metallic elements from paraffin-embedded tissue blocks by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry",
journal="Legal medicine (Elsevier)",
year="2010",
author="Takahashi, Motonori and Kinoshita, Hiroshi and Nishiguchi, Minori and Nishio, Hajime",
volume="12",
number="2",
pages="102-103",
abstract="Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (EDX) enables rapid, non-destructive, multi-elemental analysis. Using EDX, lead and some other metallic elements were detected in paraffin-blocks in which skin samples from a gunshot wound were embedded. Lead was not identified in control samples from non-injured cases. These findings indicate that EDX is a useful method for rapid non-destructive analysis of paraffin-embedded blocks. This technique can provide scientific evidence for identification of a firearm even after storing the sample for a long time.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1344-6223",
doi="10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.12.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.12.003"
}