Comparison of stubbing and the double swab method for collecting offender epithelial material from a victim's skin

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-223

  De Bruin, Karla G ^a   Verheij, Saskia M ^a   Veenhoven, Martine ^a   Sijen, Titia ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contact traces; Double swab; Epithelial material; Strangulation; Stub; Tape lifting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOREARM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; SKIN EPITHELIUM; STRANGULATION;

ALLELES; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84857052179     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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