Calculating the frequency of occurrence of a blood type for a 'random man'.

Journal - Forensic Science Society ·Vol. 31 ·No. 1 ·1991-00-00 ·Pages 49-58

Walsh K, Buckleton JS

Abstract

A scheme is offered for the calculation of blood group frequencies for mixed racial populations. The issue of which population to model is discussed. Consideration is also given to the racial composition of the desired survey and to the rule of mutual independence. The scheme can in many cases be applied to existing data.

MeSH Terms

Bayes Theorem Blood Grouping and Crossmatching/statistics & numerical data Blood Stains Humans Phenotype Racial Groups

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Walsh K

Chemistry Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Auckland, New Zealand.

Buckleton J S

Article Info

Journal

Journal - Forensic Science Society

Abbr.

J Forensic Sci Soc

ISSN

0015-7368

DOI

10.1016/s0015-7368(91)73117-4

Published

1991-00-00

Pages

49-58

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

7505560

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s0015-7368(91)73117-4

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