Enhancing Contrast of Fingerprints on Plastic Tape

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1314-1317

  Steele, Charles A ^a   Ball, Mikki S ^a  

^a Aneval Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Disperse dyes; Fingerprinting; Forensic science; Sublimation dyeing

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; CYANOACRYLATE; DYE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 0242442641     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003144     Document Type: Article

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