A comparison of the presumptive luminol test for blood with four non-chemiluminescent forensic techniques

Luminescence

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 214-220

  Webb, Joanne L ^a,b   Creamer, Jonathan I ^a,c   Quickenden, Terence I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodstains; Chemiluminescence; Forensic science; Luminol; Presumptive blood testing

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FORENSIC SCIENCE; LIGHT SOURCES;

BLOOD DETECTION; BLOOD TESTING; BLOODSTAIN; DETECTION TESTS; FORENSIC TECHNIQUES; FORENSICS INVESTIGATORS; LEUCOMALACHITE GREEN; LUMINOLS; PRESUMPTIVE BLOOD TESTING; TRACE AMOUNTS;

CHEMILUMINESCENCE;

EID: 33747591448     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: 15227243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bio.908     Document Type: Article

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