The development of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry for the detection of biological warfare agent aerosols

Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (Applied Physics Laboratory)

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-350

  Scholl, Peter F ^a,b,c   Leonardo, Marisa A ^a,d   Rule, Ana M ^e   Carlson, Micah A ^d   Antoine, Miquel D ^d   Buckley, Timothy J ^d  

^a Night Vision and Electronics Sensors Directorate   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tiny TOF Program   (Canada)

^d TOF MS ^*

^e JHU School of Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Biological warfare agent detection; MALDI TOF MS

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DETECTORS;

BIOAEROSOLS; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION (MALDI); TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) MASS SPECTROMETRY;

MASS SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0032643149     PISSN: 02705214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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