A pilot study to determine the background population of foreign fibre groups on a cotton/polyester T-shirt

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 215-220

  Marnane, R N ^a   Elliot, D A ^b   Coulson, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Background population; Fibres; Fibres evidence; Size of groups; T shirts

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLOTHING; COTTON; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; PILOT STUDY; PROBABILITY; SYNTHETIC FIBER;

EID: 34248148169     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(06)71601-X     Document Type: Article

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