Fast Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Analysis in Support of Risk-Based Decisions

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-66

  Robbat Jr , Albert ^a   Smarason, Sigurdur ^a   Gankin, Yuri ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ion Signature Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive sampling and analysis programs; Data quality; Dynamic work plans; Fast thermal desorption GC MS; Mass spectral data analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033430008     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6521(1999)3:1<55::aid-fact7>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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