Raman spectroscopic signature of semen and its potential application to forensic body fluid identification

Forensic Science International

Volumn 193, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 56-62

  Virkler, Kelly ^a   Lednev, Igor K ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fluid identification; Forensic science; Principal components; Raman spectroscopy; Semen; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FLUORESCENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM DONOR;

EID: 70449670313     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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