Investigation of secondary DNA transfer of skin cells under controlled test conditions

Legal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 117-120

  Goray, Mariya ^a,b   Mitchell, R John ^b   Oorschot, Roland A H van ^a  

^a Victoria Police Forensic Services Department   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA; Secondary transfer; Skin cells; Trace

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DNA TRANSFER; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SALIVA; SKIN CELL;

DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FRICTION; HUMANS; PLASTICS; POROSITY; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOUCH;

EID: 77950368348     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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