Statistical modelling of measurement errors in gas chromatographic analyses of blood alcohol content

Forensic Science International

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 71-74

  Moroni, Rossana ^a,b   Blomstedt, Paul ^b   Wilhelm, Lars ^c   Reinikainen, Tapani ^a   Sippola, Erkki ^a   Corander, Jukka ^b  

^a National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c LADR GmbH MVZ Dr Kramer and Kollegen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood alcohol content; Kernel technique for density estimation; Security correction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KERNEL METHOD; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; VARIANCE;

EID: 79959269028     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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