title: Identifying the source of bullet wipe: a randomised blind trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the usefulness of scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy in matching bullet wipe to the bullet.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Bullet wipe can be used to match a bullet type to a crime scene.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Sciences, Orthopaedic Surgery, Health Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 6458, Dunedin 9059, New Zealand. kieserdavid@gmail.com
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kieser
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Girvan
authors.forename: S C J
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Leclair
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Horsfall
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Theis
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Swain
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kieser
mesh_terms: D044709:Forensic Ballistics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D015588:Observer Variation; D010209:Paper; D011897:Random Allocation; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission