Development of a simulation model to assess the impact of contamination in casework using STRs

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-491

  Gill, Peter ^a   Kirkham, Amanda ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contamination; Forensic sciences; National DNA database; Negative control; Short tandem repeats; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; CRIME; DATA BASE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HISTOGRAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 2442667821     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003366     Document Type: Article

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