Experimental evaluation of two field test kits for the detection of PAHs by immunoassay

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 227-238

  Waters, Larry C ^a   Palausky, Andi ^a   Counts, Richard W ^a   Jenkins, Roger A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoassay; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Soil analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000948086     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6521(1997)1:4<227::AID-FACT5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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