Development of biological standards for the quality assurance of presumptive testing reagents

Science and Justice

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-145

  Laux, Dale L ^a  

^a Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Amylase; Creatinine; Forensic Biology; Hemoglobin; Presumptive tests; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; FREEZING; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SALIVA; SCIENTIST; SPERM; STANDARDIZATION;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASES; BLOOD; CREATININE; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SALIVA; SEMEN;

EID: 80052263200     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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