Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 293-297 , August 2010

The use of infrared aided photography in identification of sites of bruises after evidence of the bruise is absent to the naked eye

  • Peter Rowan, MSc, FRCP (General Practitioner)

      Affiliations

    • The Thatched House, Green Lane, Tivetshall St Margaret, Norfolk NR15 2BJ, UK
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  • Michael Hill, PhD, FRCP (Physician)

      Affiliations

    • The White Trillium, Stevenstone, Torrington, Devon EX38 7HY, UK
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  • G.A. Gresham, Sc.D, FRCPath (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Late Emeritus Professor of Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology, University of Cambridge, UK
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  • Edward Goodall, PhD, NTF (Senior Lecturer)

      Affiliations

    • School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Northern Ireland BT52 1SA, UK
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  • Tara Moore, MSc, PhD (Fellow Professor)

      Affiliations

    • School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Northern Ireland BT52 1SA, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Rm W1055, CMB, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Northern Ireland BT52 1SA, UK. Tel.: +44 28 70324577; fax: +44 28 70324375.

Received 19 August 2009 ,Revised 15 February 2010 ,Accepted 1 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.04.007

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 293-297 , August 2010

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