Letter to the editor - Fitness for purpose of mass spectrometric methods in substance identification

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 745-747

  De Zeeuw, Rokus A ^a  

^a Dept of Toxicology and Bioanalysis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; DOPING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

DOPING IN SPORTS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 18244371079     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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