An anthrax "smoke" detector

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 38-42

  Lester, Elizabeth D ^a   Ponce, Adrian ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHRAX; AUTOMATION; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOSENSOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AEROSOLS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOTERRORISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; PICOLINIC ACIDS; QUALITY CONTROL; SECURITY MEASURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; TERBIUM;

EID: 0036751722     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2002.1044160     Document Type: Review

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