An alternate light source to detect semen

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1045-1048

  Nelson, David G ^a   Santucci, Karen A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Forensic medicine; Semen; Sexual assault evaluation; Wood's lamp

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL CRIME;

FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIGHT; RAPE; SEMEN;

EID: 0036795642     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.10.1045     Document Type: Article

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