Rapid presumptive "fingerprinting" of body fluids and materials by atr ft-ir spectroscopy

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1580-1587

  Elkins, Kelly M ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Feces; Forensic science; Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy; Hair; Saliva; Semen; Spectroscopic imaging; Trace evidence; Urine

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CERUMEN; CHEMISTRY; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FECES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAIR; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUCUS; NAIL; NOSE MUCOSA; SALIVA; SHEEP; SPERM; TEMPERATURE; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; CERUMEN; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FECES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MUCUS; NAILS; NASAL MUCOSA; PROTEINS; SALIVA; SEMEN; SHEEP; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEARS; TEMPERATURE; VAGINA;

EID: 80055118994     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01870.x     Document Type: Article

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