Thermal development of latent fingermarks on porous surfaces-Further observations and refinements

Forensic Science International

Volumn 204, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 97-110

  Song, Di Fei ^a   Sommerville, Daniel ^a   Brown, Adam G ^b   Shimmon, Ronald G ^a   Reedy, Brian J ^a   Tahtouh, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charring; Fingermarks; Fingerprints; Fluorescence; Forensic science; Thermal development

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CELLULOSE; CHLORIDE; NINHYDRIN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DEPLETION; DNA DEGRADATION; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAPER; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78650923234     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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