The significance of fibres found in head hair

Forensic Science International

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-160

  Cook, R ^a   Webb Salter, M T ^a   Marshall, L ^b  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Forensic Sci Agy of N Ireland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibres; Head hair; Significance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOTHING; FIBER; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; WOOL;

EID: 0030974152     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(97)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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