The population of coloured textile fibres on outdoor surfaces

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 231-239

  Grieve, M C ^a   Biermann, T ^a  

^a Forensic Science Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Criminalistics; Fibres; Fibres frequency, length, colour; Forensic science; Outdoor surfaces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; COTTON; FIBER; FORENSIC SCIENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEXTILE;

EID: 0030660186     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(97)72196-8     Document Type: Article

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