Science & Justice
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 68-87 , September 2007

Blocks of colour IV: The evidential value of blue and red cotton fibres

Received 3 July 2006 ,Accepted 18 August 2006.

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PII: S1355-0306(07)00012-3

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2006.08.001

Science & Justice
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 68-87 , September 2007