Body fluid identification in forensics

BMB Reports

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 545-553

  An, Ja Hyun ^a   Shin, Kyoung Jin ^a,b   Yang, Woo Ick ^a   Lee, Hwan Young ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alternate light source; Body fluid identification; Catalytic test; Chemical test; Dna methylation; Forensic; Immunological test; MIRNA; MRNA

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RNA;

BODY FLUID; CHEMISTRY; DNA METHYLATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SHORT SURVEY;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BODY FLUIDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84871430776     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2012.45.10.206     Document Type: Short Survey

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