The evaluation of human hand odor volatiles on various textiles: A comparison between contact and noncontact sampling methods

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 866-881

  Prada, Paola A ^a   Curran, Allison M ^a   Furton, Kenneth G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact and noncontact methods; Fiber chemistries; Forensic science; Human scent collection; Scent Transfer Unit (STU 100)

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ODOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKIN; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TEXTILE; TOUCH;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKIN; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEXTILES; TOUCH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79960044924     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01762.x     Document Type: Article

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