Interpreting forensic DNA evidence on the basis of hypotheses testing

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 62-66

  Fukshansky, N ^a,b   Bar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA; Forensic statistics; Identification; Mixed stains

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

DNA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0031910897     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050116     Document Type: Article

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