Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 138-149 , March 2008

A study of Spanish attitudes regarding the custody and use of forensic DNA databases

  • Joaquín-Jose Gamero

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Cádiz, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Dpt. Medicina Legal – Facultad de Medicina, Plz. Fragela s/n Cádiz 11003, Spain. Tel.: +34 956 015 186; fax: +34 956 223 139.
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  • José-Luis Romero

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Cádiz, Spain
  • ,
  • Juan-Luis Peralta

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Cádiz, Spain
  • ,
  • Francisco Corte- Real

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine of Coimbra, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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  • Margarita Guillén

      Affiliations

    • University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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  • Maria-Joao Anjos

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine of Coimbra, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal

Received 11 June 2007 ,Revised 8 October 2007 ,Accepted 29 October 2007.

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PII: S1872-4973(07)00376-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.10.201

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 138-149 , March 2008