Chemical enhancement of bloody footwear impressions from buried substrates

Journal of Forensic Identification

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-83

  Cullen, Siobhan ^a   Otto, Alexandra ^a   Cheetham, Paul N ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BLACK 1; BLUESTAR; LEUCOCRYSTAL VIOLET; NINHYDRIN; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; LEGAL EVIDENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 76649089351     PISSN: 0895173X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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