Increasing the specificity of the forensic luminol test for blood

Luminescence

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-253

  Quickenden, Terence I ^a   Cooper, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Emission spectrum; Haemoglobin; Luminol; Presumptive blood test; Sodium hypochlorite

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BLOOD TEST; EMISSION PEAKS; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; HAEMOGLOBINS; LUMINOL CHEMILUMINESCENCE; LUMINOLS; PEAK EMISSION WAVELENGTH; PRESUMPTIVE BLOOD TEST; SPECTRA'S; SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES;

CHEMILUMINESCENCE;

BOVINAE;

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; HEMOGLOBIN; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; LUMINOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CATTLE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINOL; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0035348945     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bio.635     Document Type: Article

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