Effect of luminol and bleaching agent on the serological and DNA analysis from bloodstain

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 54-61

  Passi, Neha ^a   Garg, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Yadav, Mukesh ^a   Singh, Ram Sarup ^a   Kharoshah, Magdy A ^b  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Egyptian Forensic Medicine Authority   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bleaching agent; Bloodstains; DNA typing; Forensic science; Luminol; Serological tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929142067     PISSN: 2090536X     EISSN: 20905939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejfs.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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