Y-STR DNA analysis of 154 female child sexual assault cases in the Philippines

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 817-824

  Maiquilla, Sheena Marie B ^a   Salvador, Jazelyn M ^a   Calacal, Gayvelline C ^a   Sagum, Minerva S ^a   Dalet, Miriam Ruth M ^a   Delfin, Frederick C ^a   Tabbada, Kristina A ^a   Franco, Shiela Ann Edith L ^a   Perdigon, Henry B ^a   Madrid, Bernadette J ^b   Tan, Merle P ^b   De Ungria, Maria Corazon A ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Child protection unit; Child sexual assault; Female sexual abuse; Philippines; Vaginal swabs .Y STR DNA typing

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VAGINA SMEAR; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHILIPPINES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 83155164554     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-010-0535-4     Document Type: Article

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