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Electron Microscopy in Forensic, Occupational, and Environmental Health Sciences

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Samarendra Basu

    1. New York State Police Crime Laboratory, Albany, USA

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  2. James R. Millette

    1. McCrone Environmental Services, Inc., Norcross, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Forensic Science

    1. The Mechanism of Gunshot Residue Deposition and Its Probing Characteristics to Reconstruct Shootings

      • S. Basu
      Pages 1-22

    2. Spatial Variations of Sulfur and Absorbed Copper Ions in Human Hair by X-Ray Line Scanning

      • S. Basu
      Pages 23-41

    3. Evaluation of Staple Impressions in the Scanning Electron Microscope

      • S. Basu
      Pages 43-60

    4. Forensic Uses of Deflection (Y) Modulation and X-Ray Dot Mapping

      • Samarendra Basu
      Pages 61-84

    5. The Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy in Bite Mark Analysis

      • Thomas J. David
      Pages 85-95

    6. Analysis of Biological Elements in Scalp Hairs with SEM-EDX and TEM and Its Application to the Hair Comparison

      • Sueshige Seta
      Pages 97-108

    7. Examination of Tool Marks in the Scanning Electron Microscope

      • R. P. Singh
      Pages 109-115

    8. Forensic Examination of Bulb Filaments by the Sem

      • Knud Aage Thorsen
      Pages 117-147

  3. Occupational Health

    1. Asbestos Measurements in Workplaces and Ambient Atmospheres

      • Eric J. Chatfield
      Pages 149-186

    2. Comparison of the Particle Size Distribution of Alpha Quartz Found in Respirable Dust Samples Collected at Underground and Surface Coal Mines with Four Reference Standards

      • Charles W. Huggins, Suzanne J. Johnson, Joe M. Segreti, Janet G. Snyder
      Pages 187-202

    3. Subcellular Localization of Nickel in the Myocardium

      • Arisztid G. B. Kovach, Istvan Balogh, Gabor M. Rubanyi
      Pages 203-215

    4. Particle Contents of Human Lungs

      • L. E. Stettler, S. F. Platek, D. H. Groth, F. H. Y. Green, V. Vallyathan
      Pages 217-226

  4. Environmental Health

    1. Liver Tissue Preparation Using a Modified Cryoultramicrotomy Kit

      • Patrick J. Clark, James R. Millette, Allan L. Allenspach, Paul T. McCauley, Isaac S. Washington
      Pages 227-236

    2. Microanalysis of Airborne Lead Particulates in an Urban Industrial Environment

      • F. E. Doern, D. L. Wotton
      Pages 237-252

    3. Measurement of Subcellular Ions by X-ray Microanalysis for Evidence of Hepatotoxicity

      • J. R. Millette, A. L. Allenspach, P. J. Clark, J. A. Stober, T. Mills, C. Weiler et al.
      Pages 253-260

    4. Using Microparticle Characterization to Identify Sources of Acid-Rain Precursors Reaching Whiteface Mountain, New York

      • James S. Webber
      Pages 261-273

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 275-285
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About this book

Forensic, Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences are identification sciences dealing with criminal and delicate societal problems for which scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive x-rays (EDAX) and analytical transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are providing increasingly definitive solutions. This is particularly true in the area of particulates. However, electron microscopists working independently in these three related fields are often called upon to identify particulates which have been well characterized by microscopists in one of the other fields of study. Exchange of information on particulate identification and techniques for analyzing new unusual samples has been difficult between the three disciplines. For example, automated search and identification of particulates has become a standard procedure in environmental and occupational health. The procedure, however, has yet to find its way into forensic laboratories for analysis of gunshot residue particles. This volume represents a beginning for collaboration and exchange of ideas between such areas of study with diverse interests but similar analytical problems. It is virtually certain that this effort will also interest other electron microscopists in some novel scientific problems with criminal and societal relevance. The volume presents full-length articles of several invited speakers and participants at the "Forensic, Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences" Symposium held as a part of the EMSA-MAS Joint Annual Meeting, 5-9 August 1985, Louisville, Kentucky. Extended 2-4 page abstracts of these presentations have been published in the EMSA Proceedings (1985).

Editors and Affiliations

  • New York State Police Crime Laboratory, Albany, USA

    Samarendra Basu

  • McCrone Environmental Services, Inc., Norcross, USA

    James R. Millette

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Electron Microscopy in Forensic, Occupational, and Environmental Health Sciences

  • Editors: Samarendra Basu, James R. Millette

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5245-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-5247-1Published: 12 June 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-5245-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 294

  • Topics: Environment, general

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