Phantoms in the mortuary-DNA transfer during autopsies

Forensic Science International

Volumn 216, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 121-126

  Schwark, T ^a   Poetsch, M ^b   Preusse Prange, A ^a   Kamphausen, T ^b   Von Wurmb Schwark, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autopsy; DNA contamination; Forensic; STR typing

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOPSY; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARKER GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

EID: 84857500187     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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