An investigation into the transference and survivability of human DNA following simulated manual strangulation with consideration of the problem of third party contamination

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 170-173

  Kowalski, Petra ^a   Stein, Ulrike ^b   Scheffer, George L ^c   Lage, Hermann ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contamination; Detection; Epithelial cells; Strangulation; Survivability

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRANGULATION; TRANSFERENCE; VICTIM;

EID: 0036934347     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-001-0279-2     Document Type: Article

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