Time-lag focusing MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

American Laboratory

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 30-36

  Whittal, Randy M ^a,b,c   Li, Liang ^b,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University f Michigan   (United States)

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EID: 0040381469     PISSN: 00447749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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