Advanced statistical analysis of Raman spectroscopic data for the identification of body fluid traces: Semen and blood mixtures

Forensic Science International

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 259-265

  Sikirzhytski, Vitali ^a   Sikirzhytskaya, Aliaksandra ^a   Lednev, Igor K ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Body fluid mixtures; Forensic science; Raman spectroscopy; Semen; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SALIVA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; SWEAT; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 84865615776     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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