The use of commercial alcohol products to sterilize bones prior to DNA sampling

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-129

  Winskog, Carl ^a,c   Nilsson, Helena ^b   Montelius, Kerstin ^b   Lindblom, Bertil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC GENETICS AND FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster; Disaster victim identification; DVI; Forensic pathology; Human remains; Identification by DNA

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DNA; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMUR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHANOL; FEMUR; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLVENTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STERILIZATION;

EID: 77954169405     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-010-9155-z     Document Type: Article

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