Multivariate Analysis for Estimating the Age of a Bloodstain

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 186-193

  Anderson, Stacey E ^a   Hobbs, Gerald R ^a   Bishop, Clifton P ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Bloodstain; Forensic science; Real time PCR; RNA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD STAINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA STABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650722044     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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