The population of coloured textile fibres in domestic washing machines

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-83

  Watt, Rebecca ^a   Roux, Claude ^a   Robertson, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Forensic and Technical   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fibres; Forensic science; Population survey; Washing machines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLACK COTTON; BLUE COTTON; CLASSIFICATION; CLOTHING; COLOR; COTTON; FIBER LENGTH; GREY COTTON; HOUSEHOLD; MACHINE; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RED COTTON; SPRING; SYNTHETIC FIBER; TEXTILE FIBER; WASHING MACHINE;

EID: 22644432762     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(05)71632-4     Document Type: Article

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