The practical application of reflectance spectrophotometry for the demonstration of haemoglobin and its degradation in bruises

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 355-359

  Hughes, V K ^b   Ellis, P S ^b   Burt, T ^c   Langlois, N E I ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Varian Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOSIDERIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; DEGRADATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN BRUISING; SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

BILIRUBIN; COLORIMETRY; CONTUSIONS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842559499     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.011445     Document Type: Article

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