title: Advances in fingerprint analysis.
abstract: Fingerprints have been used in forensic investigations for the identification of individuals since the late 19th century. However, it is now clear that fingerprints can provide significantly more information about an individual. Here, we highlight the considerable advances in fingerprinting technology that can simultaneously provide chemical information regarding the drugs ingested and the explosives and drugs handled by a person as well as the identity of that individual.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ UK.
authors.forename: Pompi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hazarika
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D053834:Explosive Agents / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D053834:Explosive Agents