Detection of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in milk using a disposable immunomagnetic electrochemical sensor

Analytical Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1371-1385

  Silva, Eugenia ^a,b   Mascini, Marco ^b   Centi, Sonia ^b   Turner, Anthony P F ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dipartimento di Chimica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Electrochemical; Immunoassay; Immunomagnetic; Milk; PCB; Screen printed electrodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249864482     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710701327054     Document Type: Article

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