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M Fresnais1, P Richardin2, A Gimat2

  • 1Laboratoire de spectrométrie de masse des interactions et des systèmes (LSMIS), 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67008 Strasbourg, France; Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF), Palais du Louvre, Porte des Lions, 14 quai François Mitterrand, 75001 Paris, France.

Forensic Science International
|February 4, 2015
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Keywords:
Andean mummiesFTIRHair analysisQualitative proteomicsSEM-EDSXRF

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