Canine-specific STR typing of saliva traces on dog bite wounds

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 337-342

  Eichmann, Cordula ^a   Berger, Burkhard ^a   Reinhold, Maximilian ^b   Lutz, Martin ^b   Parson, Walther ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Canine STRs; Dog attacks; Forensic science; Saliva stain; STR multiplex

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG BITE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BANDAGES; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 11144260242     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-004-0479-7     Document Type: Article

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