Chemical enhancement of footwear impressions in blood on fabric - Part 3: Amino acid staining

Science and Justice

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-13

  Farrugia, Kevin J ^a,b   Bandey, Helen ^c   Savage, Kathleen ^a   NicDaéid, Niamh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid staining; Blood; Enhancement; Fabric; Footwear impressions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NINHYDRIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COLOR; FLUORESCENCE; FOOTWEAR IMPRESSION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POROSITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CATTLE; FORENSIC SCIENCES; INDANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NINHYDRIN; SHOES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84873136539     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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