Moistened Hands Do Not Necessarily Allude to High Quality Fingerprints: The Relationship Between Palmar Moisture and Fingerprint Donorship

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Almog, Joseph ^a   Sheratzki, Hadar ^a   Elad Levin, Michal ^a   Sagiv, Assaf E ^a   Singh, Gagan Deep ^b   Jasuja, Om Prakash ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Corneometer; Fingermarks; Fingerprint donorship; Fingerprints; Forensic science; Ninhydrin; Palmar sweat

Indexed keywords

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; NINHYDRIN;

ARTICLE; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; INDIA; ISRAEL; MALE; SWEAT;

DERMATOGLYPHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ISRAEL; MALE; NINHYDRIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SWEAT;

EID: 78650722269     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01587.x     Document Type: Article

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