The use of the Hexagon OBTI test for detection of human blood at crime scenes and on items of evidence. Part I: Validation studies and implementation

Journal of Forensic Identification

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 566-575

  Hermon, Dalia ^a   Shpitzen, Moshe ^a   Oz, Carla ^a   Glattstein, Baruch ^a   Azoury, Myriam ^a   Gafny, Ron ^a  

^a Israel Police   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY FLUID; CRIME; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; POLICE;

EID: 0041336945     PISSN: 0895173X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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