Visualization of sebaceous fingerprints on fired cartridge cases: A laboratory study

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 543-548

  Migron, Yoelit ^a   Hocherman, Gil ^b   Springer, Eliot ^b   Almog, Joseph ^b   Mandler, Daniel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Israel Police   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fired cartridge cases; Forensic science; Latent fingerprints

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; CRIMINOLOGY; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; ILLUMINATION; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031832883     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16180j     Document Type: Article

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