Dating skeletal remains with luminol-chemiluminescence. Validity, intra- and interobserver error

Forensic Science International

Volumn 187, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 47-50

  Ramsthaler, F ^a   Kreutz, K ^c   Zipp, K ^d   Verhoff, M A ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institute of Forensic Anthropology   (Germany)

^d Mainz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence; Interaobserver bias; Luminol; PMI skeletal remains; Postmortem interval; Validity study

Indexed keywords

LUMINOL;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; OBSERVER BIAS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETON; VALIDITY;

EID: 64249115763     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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