Fluorescence spectra and images of latent fingerprints excited with a tunable laser in the ultraviolet region

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1103-1106

  Akiba, Norimitsu ^a   Saitoh, Naoki ^a   Kuroki, Kenro ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fingerprints; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Forensic science; Time resolved spectroscopy; Tunable laser; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXCITATION; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; IRRADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; NEODYMIUM LASER; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBUM; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMANS; LASERS; SEBUM; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 34548329726     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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