The role of variations in growth rate and sample collection on interpreting results of segmental analyses of hair

Forensic Science International

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 110-116

  LeBeau, Marc A ^a   Montgomery, Madeline A ^a   Brewer, Jason D ^a  

^a Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Collection; Growth rate; Hair; Segmental analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

EID: 79959548282     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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