Aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry: A new method for performing real-time characterization of aerosol particles

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 439-443

  Noble, Christopher A ^a   Rather, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; LEAD; METAL ION; OXIDE; SULFATE; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0031782557     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10389569     Document Type: Article

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