Exploring the limits for the survival of DNA in blood stains

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 392-396

  Dissing, Jørgen ^a   Søndervang, Annie ^a   Lund, Stine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood stains; DNA; Humidity; Stability; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

BLOOD STAINS; DNA; ENVIRONMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79957863845     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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