Crime Scene DNA Collection: Research and Practical Considerations

Journal of Forensic Identification

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 729-734

  Bellefeuille, Julie ^a   Bowen, Kathy ^b   Dixon, Pamela ^a   Hanniman, Janet ^a   Hillier, Elissia ^a   Lama, Dina ^a   Wilkinson, Della ^a   Yamashita, Brian ^a  

^a ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CRIME; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; POLICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0242362599     PISSN: 0895173X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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