Species identification from hair by means of spectral library searches

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 873-878

  Van Steendam, Katleen ^a   De Wulf, Odile ^a   Dhaenens, Maarten ^a   Deforce, Dieter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hair; Mass spectrometry; Species identification; Spectral library searching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CAT; CHEMISTRY; DOG; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HAIR; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEOMICS; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DOGS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HAIR; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEOMICS; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84905908817     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-014-1008-y     Document Type: Article

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