Chemistry in Crime Investigation: Sodium Percarbonate Effects on Bloodstains Detection

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 500-502

  Castelló, Ana ^a   Francés, Francesc ^a   Verdú, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bloodstains investigation; Criminalistics; Forensic chemistry; Forensic science; Human hemoglobin test; Presumptive test

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DETERGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; LUMINESCENT AGENT; LUMINOL; PERBORATE SODIUM; PERCARBONATE SODIUM; SODIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; CHEMISTRY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS;

BLOOD STAINS; BORATES; CARBONATES; DETERGENTS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; LUMINOL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84857442230     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01999.x     Document Type: Article

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