The stability of collected human scent under various environmental conditions

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1270-1277

  Hudson, Davia T ^a   Curran, Allison M ^a   Furton, Kenneth G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic chemistry; Forensic science; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Human scent; Solid phase micro extraction; Storage; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

GLASS; SORBENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; STORAGE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; DARKNESS; DOGS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLASS; HAND; HUMANS; ODORS; POLYETHYLENE; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 70350503890     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01153.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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