A blue spectral shift of the hemoglobin soret band correlates with the age (time since deposition) of dried bloodstains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Hanson, Erin K ^a   Ballantyne, Jack ^a,b  

^a National Center for Forensic Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; OXIDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TIME SINCE DEPOSITION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BLOOD STAINS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77958481910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012830     Document Type: Article

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