The population of coloured fibres in human head hair

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-88

  Palmer, R ^a   Oliver, S ^b,c  

^a The Forensic Science Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Armed Forces Medical Examiner System   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminalistics; Fibres; Forensic science; Head hair; Population study; Recovery; Taping; Target fibre study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; COTTON; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASK; TEXTILE FIBER; WOOL;

EID: 1942536691     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(04)71693-7     Document Type: Article

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