Raman spectroscopy offers great potential for the nondestructive confirmatory identification of body fluids

Forensic Science International

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages

  Virkler, Kelly ^a   Lednev, Igor K ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Raman spectroscopy; Saliva; Semen; Sweat; Vaginal fluid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DOG; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SALIVA; SPERM; SWEAT;

EID: 54349113982     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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