Dealing with DNA evidence: A legal guide

Dealing with DNA Evidence: A Legal Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-177

  Semikhodskii, Andrei ^a  

^a Genomic Metabolic and Cardiovascular Medicine Section   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904783365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203945032     Document Type: Book

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