DNA profiling: Evaluation of the evidentiary value

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Bär, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA; Evidence; Forensics; Identification; Stain mixtures; Statistics

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTIFACT; BAYES THEOREM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIMINAL LAW; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; LOGIC; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; STAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17444453779     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00087-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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