A ranking index for quality assessment of forensic DNA profiles forensic DNA profiles

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hedman, Johannes ^a,b   Ansell, Ricky ^a,c   Nordgaard, Anders ^a,c  

^a Statens kriminaltekniska laboratorium   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 78049500787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-290     Document Type: Article

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