Maldi time-of-flight mass spectrometry of synthetic polymers

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 309-344

  Nielen, Michel W F ^a  

^a AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000907544     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2787(1999)18:5<309::AID-MAS2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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