Wet powder suspensions as an additional technique for the enhancement of bloodied marks

Forensic Science International

Volumn 204, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 13-18

  Au, Catherine ^a   Jackson Smith, Hayley ^b   Quinones, Ignacio ^b   Jones, B J ^c   Daniel, Barbara ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fingerprint enhancement; Marks in blood; Wet powder suspensions

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCORING SYSTEM; WET POWDER SUSPENSION;

EID: 78650892303     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.044     Document Type: Article

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