The use of Polilights® in the detection of seminal fluid, saliva, and bloodstains and comparison with conventional chemical-based screening tests

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 361-370

  Vandenberg, Nicholas ^a   Van Oorschot, Roland A H ^a  

^a Victoria Police Forensic Services Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Alternate light source; Fluorescence; Forensic biology; Forensic science; Luminol; Phadebas ; Polilight

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; LUMINOL; AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD STAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; DILUTION; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEMINAL PLASMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SALIVA; SPERM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMYLASES; BLOOD STAINS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; SALIVA; SEMEN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33644878844     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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