A comprehensive experimental study of industrial, domestic and environmental interferences with the forensic luminol test for blood

Luminescence

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 193-198

  Creamer, J I ^a   Quickenden, T I ^a   Apanah, M V ^a   Kerr, K A ^a   Robertson, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Forensic science; Interfering catalysts; Luminol; Presumptive blood test

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; COMMERCIAL VEHICLES;

BLOOD TEST; CRIME SCENES; ENVIRONMENTAL INTERFERENCE; HAEMOGLOBINS; INTERFERING CATALYST; LUMINOLS; PEAK WAVELENGTH SHIFT; PRESUMPTIVE BLOOD TEST; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ]+ CATALYST;

FORENSIC SCIENCE;

BLEACHING AGENT; COPPER; HEMOGLOBIN; LUMINOL; PAINT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CRIME; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FURNITURE; HORSERADISH; LIFESTYLE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARSNIP; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURNIP; FOOD; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINOL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2442483915     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: 10991271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bio.723     Document Type: Article

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