Evaluation of DFO/PVP and its application to latent fingermarks development on thermal paper

Forensic Science International

Volumn 229, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 75-79

  Luo, Ya Ping ^a   Zhao, Ya Bin ^a   Liu, Sai ^a  

^a PEOPLE S PUBLIC SECURITY UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

DFO; Fingermark; PVP; Thermal paper

Indexed keywords

1,8 DIAZAFLUOREN 9 ONE; NINHYDRIN; POLYMER; POVIDONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOLORIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; HEAT SENSITIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL PAPER; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 84886885962     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.03.045     Document Type: Article

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15. The ''number'' of fingermarks were determined by the quality score of developed marks. The standardised method and grading scheme of scoring fingermarks is proposed by Terry Kent in the reference ''Standardzing Protocols for Fingerprint Reagent Testing''. (J. Forensic Ident. 60 (2010) 371-379).