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Food Forensics: Stable Isotopes as a Guide to Authenticity and Origin, J.F. Carter and L.A. Chesson, CRC Press, 2017, ISBN 978-149-874172-9.
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Stable Isotope Forensics: An Introduction to the Forensic Application of Stable Isotope Analysis, W. Meier-Augenstein, John Wiley & Sons, 2011, ISBN 978-111-996513-8.
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Alexandre, P. (2020). Forensics. In: Isotopes and the Natural Environment. Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33652-3_9
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