Abstract
This article presents an overview of the application of chemometric methods in forensic sciences. Currently, multivariate analysis is not routinely incorporated into forensic laboratories, mainly due to a lack of chemometrics expertise among forensic scientists in various disciplines. In this article, a critical literature review was conducted of the most common chemometric tools utilized in forensic applications, including exploratory analysis, supervised classification, multivariate calibration, and curve resolution methods. The discussion was organized around several important forensic problems with sections focusing on food frauds, illicit drugs, questioned document examination, body fluid analysis, explosive residues and counterfeit medicines.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Comprehensive Chemometrics |
| Subtitle of host publication | Chemical and Biochemical Data Analysis, Second Edition: Four Volume Set |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 113-148 |
| Number of pages | 36 |
| Volume | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780444641656 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2020 |
| MoE publication type | A3 Part of a book or another research book |
Keywords
- Biological fluids
- Chemometrics
- Class modeling
- Discriminant analysis
- Food adulteration
- Forensic analysis
- Forensic chemistry
- Forensics
- Illicit drugs
- Questioned documents