The persistence of human scalp hair on clothing fabrics

Forensic Science International

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 27-36

  Dachs, J ^a   McNaught, I J ^a   Robertson, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AFP Forensic Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidential value; Fabric; Hair

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; CLOTHING; COTTON; DATA ANALYSIS; DYING; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOOL;

EID: 0344430310     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.07.014     Document Type: Article

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