When can a DNA profile be regarded as unique?

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-260

  Balding, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Identification; Interpretation; Match probability; Probability; Statistics; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; COURT; CRIME; DNA DETERMINATION; EXPERT WITNESS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OFFENDER; POPULATION GENETICS; PROBABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; TANDEM REPEAT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032872654     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(99)72057-5     Document Type: Article

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