Contamination when collecting trace evidence—An issue more relevant than ever?  Ines Pickrahn, Gabriele Kreindl, Eva Müller, Bettina Dunkelmann, Waltraud.

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Contamination when collecting trace evidence—An issue more relevant than ever?  Ines Pickrahn, Gabriele Kreindl, Eva Müller, Bettina Dunkelmann, Waltraud Zahrer, Jan Cemper-Kiesslich, Franz Neuhuber  Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series  Volume 5, Pages e603-e604 (December 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2015.09.238 Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Detected contamination incidents per year from 2000 to 2014 before implementation of the PED (blue) and afterwards (red) as well as by combining the PED and the “Profile Comparison” tool (green). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.) Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series 2015 5, e603-e604DOI: (10.1016/j.fsigss.2015.09.238) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions