Age estimation of blood stains by hemoglobin derivative determination using reflectance spectroscopy

Forensic Science International

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 166-171

  Bremmer, Rolf H ^a   Nadort, Annemarie ^a   van Leeuwen, Ton G ^a,b   van Gemert, Martin J C ^a   Aalders, Maurice C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age determination; Blood stains; Hemoglobin; Optical spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE; METHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD STAIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; TIME;

EID: 79952444866     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.07.034     Document Type: Article

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