Real-time single particle mass spectrometry: A historical review of a quarter century of the chemical analysis of aerosols

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 248-274

  Noble, Christopher A ^a,b   Prather, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 0002838321     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2787(200007)19:4<248::AID-MAS3>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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