An evaluation of the significance of transfers of debris: Criteria for association and exclusion

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1136-1150

  Cwiklik, Chesterene ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative evidence; Bayes' Theorem; Criminalistics; Debris; Dust; Evaluation; Fibers; Forensic science; Microscopy; Particles; Probability; Sets; Trace evidence; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; DUST; EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0032695145     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14583j     Document Type: Article

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