Development of a GC-MS method for the simultaneous analysis of latent fingerprint components

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1329-1333

  Croxton, Ruth S ^a   Baron, Mark G ^a   Butler, David ^b   Kent, Terry ^c   Sears, Vaughn G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Ethyl chloroformate; Fatty acids; Forensic science; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Latent fingerprint components; Latent fingerprints

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CHLOROFORMIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FATTY ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; PYRIDINE; SERINE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOLVENT; STEARIC ACID; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DERIVATIZATION; EXTRACTION; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT FINGERPRINT; MASS SPECTROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; DERMATOGLYPHICS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; FORMIC ACID ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; PYRIDINES; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33845584458     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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