Lugol's Test Reexamined again: Buccal Cells

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-67

  Jones Jr , Edwin L ^a   Leon, Julie A ^a  

^a Ventura County Sheriff's Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fluid identification; Buccal cells; Epithelial cells; Forensic biology; Forensic science; Glycogen in buccal cells; Glycogen in vaginal cells; Lugol's iodine staining technique; Nucleated squamous epithelial cells; Vaginal cells

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; LUGOL; WATER;

ADULT; BODY FLUID; CELL LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUGOL TEST; MALE; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEXUAL CRIME; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; VAGINA SMEAR;

EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; IODIDES; MALE; MOUTH; STAINING AND LABELING; WATER;

EID: 0346390983     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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