DNA-testing for immigration cases: The risk of erroneous conclusions

Forensic Science International

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 144-149

  Karlsson, Andreas O ^a   Holmlund, Gunilla ^a   Egeland, Thore ^b   Mostad, Petter ^c  

^a Department of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Toxicology   (Sweden)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Immigration casework; Mutation model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; FATHER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; IMMIGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

EID: 34548406367     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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