The laboratory's role in detecting sexual assault

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 361-365

  Collins, Kim A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXPERT WITNESS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0031780003     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/labmed/29.6.361     Document Type: Review

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