The retention and recovery of transferred fibers following the washing of recipient clothing

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 502-504

  Palmer, Ray ^a,b  

^a Police Forensic Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b Hayward Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrylic; Automated fiber finder; Fibers; Forensic science; FX5; Recovery; Retention; Washing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CLOTHING; CRIMINOLOGY; FIBER; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031834123     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16176j     Document Type: Article

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