Detection and Classification of Individual Airborne Microparticles Using Laser Ablation Mass Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-42

  Parker, Eric P ^a   Trahan, Michael W ^a   Wagner, John S ^a   Rosenthal, Stephen E ^a   Whitten, William B ^b   Gieray, Rainer A ^b   Reilly, Peter T A ^b   Lazar, Alexandru C ^b   Ramsey, J Michael ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; Laser ablation mass spectroscopy; Microparticles; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034399866     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6521(2000)4:1<31::AID-FACT4>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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