Composition of fingermark residue: A qualitative and quantitative review

Forensic Science International

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 10-24

  Girod, Aline ^a   Ramotowski, Robert ^b   Weyermann, Céline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b US Secret Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Composition; Fingermark; Fingerprint; Influence factors; Review

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; COSMETIC; CREATININE; ESTER; FATTY ACID; LACTIC ACID; NICOTINE; PHENOL; POLYPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SQUALENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID; VITAMIN;

AGING; APOCRINE GLAND; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DERMIS; ELECTROSPRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDERMIS; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL DEVICE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SURFACE ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; SWEAT GLAND; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84870291160     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.05.018     Document Type: Review

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