An assessment of the effectiveness of 5-methylthioninhydrin within dual action reagents for latent fingerprint development on paper substrates

Science and Justice

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-48

  Porpiglia, Nadia ^a   Bleay, Stephen ^b   Fitzgerald, Lesley ^b   Barron, Leon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1,2 Indandione; 1,8 Diazafluorenone; 5 Methylthioninhydrin; Dual action reagents; Latent finger marks; Ninhydrin

Indexed keywords

1,2 INDANDIONE; 1,8 DIAZAFLUORENONE; 5 METHYLTHIONINHYDRIN; NINHYDRIN; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC CHLORIDE;

AGING; ARTICLE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; PAPER; UNITED KINGDOM;

AZA COMPOUNDS; CHLORIDES; DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMANS; INDANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NINHYDRIN; PAPER; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84856727969     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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