Science and technology in Manchester: The nurture of mass spectrometry

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1575-1586

  Chapman, John R ^a   Alan Errock, G ^a   Race, John A ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; HIGH EDUCATIONS; HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; MANCHESTER; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 33745459057     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(199709)11:14<1575::aid-rcm22>3.3.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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