DNA evidence, probabilistic evaluation and collaborative tests

Forensic Science International

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-143

  Taroni, Franco ^a,b   Aitken, Colin G G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; DNA evidence; Evidence evaluation; Likelihood ratio; Quality control

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CASE REPORT; CRIME; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; VICTIM;

EID: 0033969795     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00197-8     Document Type: Article

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