In search of blood-Detection of minute particles using spectroscopic methods

Forensic Science International

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-42

  De Wael, K ^a   Lepot, L ^a,b   Gason, F ^a   Gilbert, B ^b  

^a National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blood detection; Forensic science; FT IR spectroscopy; Haemoglobin; Microspectrophotometry; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 49549112028     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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