Revisiting the thermal development of latent fingerprints on porous surfaces: New aspects and refinements

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-121

  Brown, Adam G ^b   Sommerville, Daniel ^b   Reedy, Brian J ^b   Shimmon, Ronald G ^b   Tahtouh, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charring; Fingermarks; Fingerprints; Fluorescence; Forensic science; Thermal development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FLUORESCENCE; HEATING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DERMATOGLYPHICS; HEATING; HUMANS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; PAPER; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 58149196560     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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