Forensic quest for age determination of bloodstains

Forensic Science International

Volumn 216, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Bremmer, Rolf H ^a   De Bruin, Karla G ^b   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^a   Van Leeuwen, Ton G ^a,c   Aalders, Maurice C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age determination; Bloodstains; Crime scene; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; AGING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOODSTAIN; COURT; CRIME; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERYTHROCYTE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNOWLEDGE; LEUKOCYTE; OXYGEN ELECTRODE; PHYSICS; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; REFLECTOMETRY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 84860411039     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.07.027     Document Type: Review

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