Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 223-231 , December 2007

ISFG: Recommendations on biostatistics in paternity testing

  • David W. Gjertson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, UCLA School of Public Health, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA
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  • Charles H. Brenner

      Affiliations

    • 6801 Thornhill Drive, Oakland, CA 94611-1336, USA
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  • Max P. Baur

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Biometry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany
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  • Angel Carracedo

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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  • Francois Guidet

      Affiliations

    • Institut Genetique Nantes Atlantique, 19 rue Leon Durocher, BP 70425, F-44204 Nantes Cedex 2, France
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  • Juan A. Luque

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Servicio de Biología, Ministerio de Justicia. Merced 1, E-08002 Barcelona, Spain
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  • Rüdiger Lessig

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 28, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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  • Wolfgang R. Mayr

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic for Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Vince L. Pascali

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di medicina legale, Università Cattolica, Largo Francesco Vito, I-100168 Roma, Italy
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  • Mechthild Prinz

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Forensic Biology, 520 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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  • Peter M. Schneider

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cologne, D-50823 Köln, Germany
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  • Niels Morling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 11 Frederik V's Vej, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 35 32 61 13; fax: +45 35 32 62 70.

Received 23 June 2007 ,Accepted 27 June 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.06.006

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 223-231 , December 2007

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