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The biological evidence preservation handbook : best practices for evidence handlers ; technical working group on biological evidence preservation:
Published
Author(s)
Susan Ballou, Mark Stolorow, Melissa Taylor, Phylis S. Bamberger, Larry Brown, Rebecca Brown, Yvette Burney, Dennis Davenport, Linsday DePalma, Shannan Williams, Cynthia Jones, Ralph Keaton, William Kiley, Joseph Latta, Margaret Kline, Karen Lanning, Gerry LaPorte, Linda E. Ledray, Randy Nagy, Brian E. Ostrom, Lisa Schwind, Stephanie Stoiloff
Ballou, S.
, Stolorow, M.
, Taylor, M.
, Bamberger, P.
, Brown, L.
, Brown, R.
, Burney, Y.
, Davenport, D.
, DePalma, L.
, Williams, S.
, Jones, C.
, Keaton, R.
, Kiley, W.
, Latta, J.
, Kline, M.
, Lanning, K.
, LaPorte, G.
, Ledray, L.
, Nagy, R.
, Ostrom, B.
, Schwind, L.
and Stoiloff, S.
(2013),
The biological evidence preservation handbook : best practices for evidence handlers ; technical working group on biological evidence preservation:, , National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7928
(Accessed October 10, 2025)