Legal Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 31-41 , January 2005

DNA typing of bone specimens—the potential use of the profiler test as a tool for bone identification

  • Kazuhiko Imaizumi

      Affiliations

    • First Forensic Science Division, National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-4-7135-8001; fax: +81-4-7133-9159.
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  • Kasumi Noguchi

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Science Laboratory, Gunma Prefectural Police Headquarters, 535-1, Motosoujya-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-0846, Japan
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  • Tomoko Shiraishi

      Affiliations

    • First Forensic Science Division, National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, Japan
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  • Kazumasa Sekiguchi

      Affiliations

    • First Forensic Science Division, National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, Japan
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  • Hiroaki Senju

      Affiliations

    • First Forensic Science Division, National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, Japan
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  • Koji Fujii

      Affiliations

    • First Forensic Science Division, National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, Japan
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  • Kanako Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • First Forensic Science Division, National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, Japan
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  • Kentaro Kasai

      Affiliations

    • First Forensic Science Division, National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, Japan
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  • Mineo Yoshino

      Affiliations

    • First Forensic Science Division, National Research Institute of Police Science, 6-3-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, Japan

Received 24 March 2004 ,Revised 24 June 2004 ,Accepted 29 July 2004.

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PII: S1344-6223(04)00053-7

doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2004.07.003

Legal Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 31-41 , January 2005

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