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Footwear Research in CSAFE

Conference/Workshop:
International Association for Identification (IAI)
Published: 2021
Primary Author: Alicia Carriquiry
Research Area: Footwear

This presentation provided an overview of CSAFE’s footwear research and was presented at IAI in 2021

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