Field-portable, automated pyrolysis-GC/IMS system for rapid biomarker detection in aerosols: A feasibility study

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 295-305

  Dworzanski, Jacek P ^a   McClennen, William H ^a   Cole, Paul A ^a   Thornton, Sidney N ^a   Meuzelaar, Henk L C ^a   Arnold, Nell S ^b   Peter Snyder, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b FemtoScan Corporation   (United States)

^c SCBRD RTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Dipicolinic acid; Field instrumentation; Gas chromatography; Ion mobility spectrometry; Pyrolysis; Spores

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000293109     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6521(1997)1:5<295::AID-FACT5>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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