Sensitivity and specificity of presumptive tests for blood, saliva and semen

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-75

  Vennemann, Marielle ^a,b   Scott, Georgina ^a   Curran, Lynn ^a   Bittner, Felix ^b,c   Tobe, Shanan S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein ^*  (Netherlands)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Biological presumptive test; Sensitivity; Specificity; Tea leaves

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLORING AGENT; DETERGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FUCHSINE; LEUCOMALACHITE GREEN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAMELLIA; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SALIVA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CAMELLIA; CATTLE; COLORING AGENTS; DETERGENTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROSANILINE DYES; SALIVA; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84893668141     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-013-9515-6     Document Type: Article

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