D-dimer assays for the identification of menstrual blood

Forensic Science International

Volumn 212, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 210-214

  Baker, David J ^a,b   Grimes, Eileen A ^a   Hopwood, Andrew J ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglutination assay; Exercise; Fibrinolysis; Sensitivity; Sexual offences; Specificity

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; D DIMER ASSAY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; MENSTRUATION; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMINAL PLASMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL ABUSE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052306421     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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