Effects of environmental conditions to which nails are exposed on DNA analysis of them

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages S194-S197

  Nakanishi, Akinori ^a   Moriya, Fumio ^a   Hashimoto, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA analysis; Environmental conditions; Forensic biology; Nail; Personal identification

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MARKER GENE; NAIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEA; SEX CHROMOSOME; SOIL PROPERTY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANDEM REPEAT; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR; CHILD; DNA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FRESH WATER; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0037739940     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00109-8     Document Type: Article

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