A simple comparison of mass spectral search results and implications for environmental screening analyses

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Silva Wilkinson, R A ^a   Burkhard, L P ^b   Sheedy, B R ^b   DeGraeve, G M ^a   Lordo, R A ^c  

^a Great Lakes Environmental Center   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0032962328     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900448     Document Type: Article

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